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We’re joined by mosquito and disease expert Dr. Louisa Messenger of the Las Vegas PARAVEC lab. It turns out that gators and snakes aren’t the big danger in a swamp. And this monster isn’t constrained to swamps. In fact, it’s probably in your own backyard.

Mosquito problem in Las Vegas

How to fight Mosquitos

Dr. Messenger’s Lab website

Additional Reading:

History of antimalarial drugs

Modern use of Quinine

The Color Mauve

History of Malaria

Lyle Blackburn’s Sinister Swamps (affiliate link)

Theodore Sturgeon’s IT!

Our guest for this episode is Dr. Louisa Messenger:

An example of a mosquito from the genus Culex:

The PARAVEC Lab Group at UNLV:

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We’re joined by mosquito and disease expert Dr. Louisa Messenger of the Las Vegas PARAVEC lab. It turns out that gators and snakes aren’t the big danger in a swamp. And this monster isn’t constrained to swamps. In fact, it’s probably in your own backyard.

Mosquito problem in Las Vegas

How to fight Mosquitos

Dr. Messenger’s Lab website

Additional Reading:

History of antimalarial drugs

Modern use of Quinine

The Color Mauve

History of Malaria

Lyle Blackburn’s Sinister Swamps (affiliate link)

Theodore Sturgeon’s IT!

Our guest for this episode is Dr. Louisa Messenger:

An example of a mosquito from the genus Culex:

The PARAVEC Lab Group at UNLV:

The post S03E41 – The Real Swamp Monster appeared first on MonsterTalk.

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