Getting wild mosquitoes back to the lab alive takes a custom backpack
The mosquitoes are needed to test if malaria-prevention strategies are still effective
Across Africa, Anopheles arabiensis (shown) and other malaria-carrying mosquitoes are developing resistance to a common class of insecticide. Researchers are trying to figure out how widespread that resistance is. To do that, they need to study wild mosquitoes in the lab.
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