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Mosquito detectives track malaria’s history

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mosquito detectives track malarias history

A group of researchers is calling on colleagues around the world to join them in what they call ‘pathogen prospecting’ by tracking down archival specimens of mosquitoes in museums and other collections to examine them for pathogens that would have infected people with malaria while feeding on their blood.

Source: ScienceDaily.com