Once bitten
In the medical world, there's new attention on mosquitoes as a health threat. The current Journal of the American Medical Association is entirely devoted to malaria.
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Mosquitoes are a global health problem. Most of the threat around the world is from malaria, which has been successfully eradicated here in the U.S. Nevertheless, it is still one of the leading causes of death worldwide.
In the medical world, there's new attention on mosquitoes as a health threat. The current Journal of the American Medical Association is entirely devoted to malaria.
Medical analyst Dr. Jon Hallberg spoke with All Things Considered host Tom Crann about all the attention on mosquito-borne illness.
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