Unbelievable! Chicken Odour Prevents Malaria – Scientists
Scientists have discovered that the odour from a live chicken could help protect against malaria.
Ethiopian and Swedish scientists discovered that mosquitoes carrying the malaria parasites tend to avoid chickens and other birds.
The experiments, conducted in western Ethiopia, included suspending a live chicken in a cage near a volunteer sleeping under a bed net.
According to the United Nations report, malaria killed nearly 400,000 people in Africa last year alone.
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Infection and death rates are declining but health officials are continuing to look for new ways to prevent the spread of the disease.
The malaria parasite initially resides in the liver of the host before replicating and then entering into the bloodstream.
It is then transferred from person to person by mosquitoes when they suck infected blood.
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