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As Venezuela's public health system collapses, mosquito-borne viruses re-emerge

  • Written by Gabriela Blohm, Postdoctoral research associate, University of Florida
Psorophora ferox female, a potential vector for Madariaga virus. Photo taken on Heritage Island, Anacostia River, in Washington, D.C., June 30, 2012.Wikimedia Commons, CC BY

The ability to predict which virus will cause the next epidemic is a science, an art and a gamble. We have learned through our work in Venezuela that it’s always a good...

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