Why I Spend My Days Raising Mosquitoes

Why I Spend My Days Raising Mosquitoes

By Joannitta Joannides, Laboratory Manager, Vestergaard–Noguchi Vector Labs Every morning, I walk into a room full of mosquitoes. While most people spend their lives trying to avoid them, I spend my days raising, monitoring and studying them. It may sound unusual, but understanding mosquitoes helps to answer important questions about how well malaria prevention tools

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