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Cheese, dogs and a pill to kill mosquitoes and end malaria - Bart Knols

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We can use a mosquito's own instincts against her. At TEDxMaastricht speaker Bart Knols demos the imaginative solutions his team is developing to fight malaria -- including limburger cheese and a deadly pill. (Filmed at TEDxMaastricht.)

How could training dogs to recognize the unique smell of mosquito larvae be used to control mosquito populations?

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