Word: quadrimaculatus
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Dates: during 1926-1926
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Malaria. Two million people die yearly from malaria. In the British Empire the yearly loss from malarial deaths and incapacities is about $300,000,000. A mosquito, Anopheles quadrimaculatus (southern U. S.) carries the disease fully 1½ miles from its breeding place in stagnant waters. These breeding spots must be cleaned up, the Board taught 12 states here. It explained the same in Porto Rico, Brazil, Argentina, Italy, Palestine, the Philippines, Hayti, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Ceylon...
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