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22799

Caption:

Captured in 2016, in the capital city of Dhaka, Bangladesh, this image depicted the left hand of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Entomologist, Seth Irish, pointing out a mosquito larva, in a bucket of standing water, during a training exercise in the country. Lymphatic filariasis (LF), more commonly known as elephantiasis, is a disfiguring mosquito-borne disease. While almost 1-billion people globally, are at risk of contracting this disfiguring disease, countries like Bangladesh have made great progress at reducing the spread of this infection through the implementation of mass drug administration (MDA). CDC partnered with the Bangladesh Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, to conduct mosquito surveys in search of the parasite to determine if Bangladesh has successfully interrupted transmission.

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Content Provider(s):

CDC/ CDC-Connects, Theresa Roebuck

Creation Date:

2016

Photo Credit:

Caitlin Worrell

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