"Invasive herb could hamper East Africa’s fight against malaria"


October 02, 2015.  

Gains made in the <link https: www.newscientist.com article dn27410-worlds-first-malaria-vaccine-could-be-rolled-out-by-end-of-year>fight against malaria in East Africa could be set back, by an invasive plant species.

American invader famine weed, or Santa Maria feverfew, (Parthenium hysterophorus) is spreading rapidly across East Africa. The weed secretes a highly poisonous substance known as parthenin, which can cause dermatitis, hay fever and asthma in people. The substance is also harmful to livestock, and can contaminate milk and the meat of animals that eat it.

In recent years it has also become clear that famine weed’s flowers are attractive to the female Anopheles gambiae mosquito, which spreads malaria. But now it seems that the plant’s nectar could keep the insects alive when blood isn’t available.

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