Diseases and Cures in the Wings of Houseflies: Difference between revisions

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There are two errors here:  
There are two errors here:  


A. The common fly does not carry malaria – that is carried by mosquitoes.  
A. The common fly does not carry malaria – that is carried by and transmitted exclusively through the bites of Anopheles mosquitoes.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs094/en/|title= Malaria|publisher= |series= Fact sheet N°94|author= World Health Organization|date= Reviewed March 2013|archiveurl= http://archive.is/U4B5i|deadurl=no}}</ref>


B. There is no such thing as bacteriophagic fungi. This term may sound impressive to non-scientists, but bacteriophages are viruses and fungi are simply fungi.  
B. There is no such thing as bacteriophagic fungi. This term may sound impressive to non-scientists, but bacteriophages are viruses and fungi are simply fungi.


===They quote scientific articles that contain errors===
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