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Jul 06, 2012
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Heat, rainfall affect pathogenic mosquito abundance in catch basins
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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United States
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Biology
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The study was conducted using mosquito larvae collected from catch basins in Alsip, a southwest suburb. The researchers examined weather factors that influenced the levels of mosquito larvae in the basins. They found that low rainfall and high temperatures are associated with high numbers of larvae......> Full story
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