Love bug puts bite on insects.

From: Birmingham Evening Mail (England) | Date: January 21, 2000| Author: Guthrie, Jim | Copyright information

MIDLAND scientists want to see mosquitoes bitten by the love bug - to make them less dangerous when they bite humans.

Researchers based at Keele University, in Staffordshire, are working on a project to help rid the world of malaria which is responsible for more than a million deaths a year.

And they revealed today that the outcome of their studies will depend on understanding the love-making antics of the insect.

Scientists are close to produ...

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