Cientistas desenvolvem redes de leito com novas drogas para combater a malária, definidas para testes de campo na Etiópia. Scientists develop bed nets with new drugs to combat malaria, set for field tests in Ethiopia.

Pesquisadores do Southwest Research Institute, Harvard e OHSU desenvolveram redes de leito que fornecem medicamentos antimaláricos chamados Quinolones (ELQs) semelhantes a Endochin para matar parasitas causadores de malária em mosquitos. Researchers from the Southwest Research Institute, Harvard, and OHSU have developed bed nets that deliver antimalarial drugs called Endochin-like Quinolones (ELQs) to kill malaria-causing parasites in mosquitoes. As drogas, que são absorvidas pelas pernas dos mosquitos, visam reduzir a resistência aos pesticidas e larvicidas tradicionais. The drugs, which are absorbed through the mosquitoes' legs, aim to reduce resistance to traditional pesticides and larvicides. O estudo, publicado na revista Nature, sugere que as redes tratadas poderiam fornecer uma alternativa mais barata e duradoura aos tratamentos atuais. The study, published in Nature, suggests the treated nets could provide a cheaper and longer-lasting alternative to current treatments. Testes de campo na Etiópia estão planejados para o final deste ano. Field tests in Ethiopia are planned for later this year.