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Malaria
Malaria kills an estimate 2 million people every year. Someone dies of the disease every twelve seconds. In rural Africa, one in twenty children under the age of five will die of malaria. Many scientists fear the situation could get much worse, as drug-resistant strains of the disease spread. In this hour of Science Friday, we'll take a look at the disease and at why it's so difficult to control.
Guests:
Carol Long
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Allegheny University of the Health Sciences
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Frank Collins
Mosquito Biologist
Division of Parasitic Disease
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia
Dr. Donald Krogstad
Henderson Professor and Chair
Department of Tropical Medicine
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
New Orleans, Louisiana
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