Disappearing mosquitoes mystify scientists

Dec 27, 2011

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The disappearance of mosquitoes from villages in north-eastern Tanzania is delighting villagers long-plagued by malaria - but mystifying scientists who worry that this could be a new manifestation of climate change. Jim Drury reports.

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