A tiny insect, a deadly enemy: how medicine’s discovery of its impact shaped health and town planning
The understanding that mosquitoes could cause malaria and other diseases did more than solve a biological mystery.
It completely changed disease control: drainage of stagnant water, environmental sanitation, mosquito nets, screening of houses and later, insecticides became important public health tools
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