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Anti-Malaria Garment That Wards Off Bugs

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Mosquitoes infected with malaria, a disease estimated to kill


. . . 655,000 people annually on the continent.

Though insecticide-treated nets are commonly used to drive away mosquitoes
. . . from African homes, the Cornell prototype garment can be worn
. . . throughout the day to provide extra protection and
. . . does not dissipate easily like skin-based repellants.
By binding repellant and fabric at the nanolevel using
. . . metal organic framework molecules
. . . which are clustered crystalline compounds
. . . the mesh fabric can be loaded with up to 3X more insecticide
. . . than normal fibrous nets, which usually wear off after about 6 months.

Source: newswise


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