Unforeseen costs of cutting mosquito surveillance budgets.

• Main Authors: Gonzalo M Vazquez-Prokopec (Author), Luis F Chaves (Author), Scott A Ritchie (Author), Joe Davis (Author), Uriel Kitron (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A budget proposal to stop the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funding in surveillance and research for mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue and West Nile virus has the potential to leave the country ill-prepared to handle new emerging diseases and manage existing ones. In ord...