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07/25/2004:

"New form of malaria mosquito found"

A new form of mosquito carrying the parasite responsible for the most deadly form of malaria has been discovered in a village in southern Cameroon, researchers say.

Discovery of the hitherto-unknown variety, provisionally dubbed "Oveng Form" after the village where it was found, is likely to make the fight against the malaria in Cameroon even more difficult, researchers say, although more research is needed.

It joins four other species already known in the central African country, all of them resistant to common anti-malaria drugs.

Full Article : aljazeera.net