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Professor Andrew Spielman has dedicated his life to understanding this insect. Here, he tells the story of man's struggle to live with the mosquito, from the defeat of Sir Francis Drake's fleet, to the death of thousands of Frenchmen working on the Panama Canal, to the panic over the West Nile... read more
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Consider the most common mosquito on earth, one that is likely resting in some dark corner of your very own home or, if you are reading in bed on a warm summer evening, about to issue its faint buzz-do you hear it right now?-in your ear.
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