People living in tropical regions have long lived with the threat of mosquito-borne illness. They’ve also developed ways of dealing with the health risks associated with them. As warming temperatures bring both the mosquitos and the diseases they carry to the Northern Hemisphere, host Marco Werman speaks with Peter Hotez, Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, for a crash course in best practices for protecting oneself from mosquitoes in the midst of malaria, West Nile virus, and other dangerous diseases.
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