Mosquito monitoring saves lives and money, analysis finds
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 - 18:20
in Health & Medicine
Cutting surveillance for mosquito-borne diseases would likely translate into an exponential increase in both the number of human cases and the health costs when a disease outbreak occurs, according to an analysis. The research was prompted by a US government proposal last spring to slash funding for the vector-borne disease program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.