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Use Of Insecticide-Treated Bednets Linked To Local Resurgence Of Malaria, Study Says
"Insecticide-treated bednets, whose use is being widely promoted in Africa to combat malaria, may paradoxically be linked to local resurgence of the disease," according to a study published in the Lancet on Thursday, the Independent reports. "Growing resistance to a common insecticide used against mosquitoes, combined with falling immunity among the population as transmission declined, appears to have triggered a rebound in the disease," the news agency writes (Laurance, 8/18).
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