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“Sure of his infallibility, he unzipped the insect mesh and let in a rowdy bachelorette party of mosquitoes that raided the human open bar”

Book:Less Is Lost

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Less Is Lost

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Andrew Sean Greer

Andrew Sean Greer is an American novelist born in 1970. His works are known for their profound psychological descriptions and unique narrative style, particularly for exploring issues of identity, family relationships, and human emotions. His novel 'The Less Desirable Path' has received widespread acclaim and has earned him numerous literary awards, including the National Book Award. His works have also been translated into multiple languages and have had a significant international impact. more

“The work directed against mosquitoes carrying yellow fever had an equally good effect upon malaria, especially when anti-anopheles work was extended to the suburbs of the city. Before the year 1901 Havana had yearly from 300 to 500 deaths from malaria, rising as high in 1898 as 1,900 deaths. Since 1901 there has been a steady decrease in the malaria death rate until 1912, when there were only four deaths. Four deaths from malaria in a city in the tropics the size of Havana, about 300,000 population, means the extinction of malaria in that city.”

Success Public Health Mosquitoes Sanitation Disease Control Medical History Malaria Eradication Transformative Yellow Fever Eradication Mosquito Eradication Anopheles Gambiae

Book:Sanitation in Panama

Source: Sanitation in Panama

“As you are aware of that, the buzzing mosquitoes are bothersome; they try to bite you, wherever they have the fortune. Only take protective measures for that. Similarly, the devious people are the same nature, tackle such ones as the mosquitoes.”

Mosquitoes

Author:Ehsan Sehgal

“Early in August, Lan came and found me down at the creek. It was a Sunday afternoon and so hot that even the mosquitoes were drowsing instead of biting people.”

Mosquitoes

Book:Across the Great Barrier

Source: Across the Great Barrier

“If the bible is correct and Noah saved one pair of each of the animals we have still on earth by taking them aboard his ark, I wonder what madness made him choose to save the mosquito. That was a great foolishness on his part. After all, what purpose do they serve? The birds eat them, I suppose, but there are other insects they might eat instead, that do not bite me before they are eaten.”