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Fredros Okumu: Why I study the most dangerous animal on earth -- mosquitoes

What do we really know about mosquitoes? Fredros Okumu catches and studies these disease-carrying insects for a living -- with the hope of crashing their populations. Join Okumu for a tour of the frontlines of mosquito research, as he details some of the unconventional methods his team at the Ifakara Health Institute in Tanzania have developed to target what has been described as the most dangerous animal on earth.

English
  • Originally Aired January 29, 2018
  • Runtime 15 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-PG
  • Production Code FredrosOkumu_2017G
  • Network YouTube
  • Created April 18, 2019 by
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Name Type Role
Fredros Okumu Guest Star