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Mosquito-eating vampire spider could be recruited for war on malaria

Researchers say an African spider that preys on malaria-carrying mosquitos to get the blood they suck from humans should be used to fight the disease

Mosquito-eating spiders from east Africa and Malaysia could become a weapon in fighting malaria, researchers have said.

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