Ivermectin Reduces Malaria Transmission in Trial

Ivermectin Reduces Malaria Transmission in Trial

(MedPage Today) -- Mass ivermectin administration in areas with widespread community use of insecticidal bed netting reduced the incidence of malaria compared with albendazole among children ages 5 to 15 years, a cluster-randomized trial in coastal...

This malaria reducing pill makes blood deadly to mosquitoes

A study from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health revealed that ivermectin, usually used to treat river blindness and scabies, can reduce malaria transmission. The BOHEMIA trial is the largest study on ivermectin for malaria, and results revealed that the pill reduced malaria by 26%.  As mosquitoes become more resistant to insect repellent and other… The post This pill makes blood deadly to mosquitoes and reduced malaria by 26% appeared fir…