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  2. Golfo de los Mosquitos - Wikipedia

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    Mosquito Gulf (Spanish: Golfo de los Mosquitos) is a gulf of the Caribbean Sea on the north coast of Panama, extending from the Valiente Peninsula in Bocas del Toro, past the north coast of Veraguas to the province of Colón, Panama. [1] It should not be confused with the Mosquito Coast which is further north in Nicaragua and Honduras.

  3. Health measures during the construction of the Panama Canal

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    There was initially considerable resistance to this program, as the "mosquito theory" was still considered controversial and unproven. However, with the support of chief engineer John Frank Stevens , who took over the post on July 26, 1905, Gorgas was finally able to put his ideas into action.

  4. Chagasia bathana - Wikipedia

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    Chagasia bathana is a mosquito species in the genus Chagasia. It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Venezuela and French Guiana. C. bathana is a mosquito species with eight chromosomes. [1]

  5. Panama Canal - Wikipedia

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    The Panama Canal (Spanish: ... Public health measures were ineffective because the role of the mosquito as a disease vector ... Between 1912 and 1914 there was a ...

  6. The bite is on: What to know about the viruses mosquitoes are ...

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    The best way to avoid mosquito bites is to use bug sprays with DEET. The CDC also recommends Picaridin (known as KBR 3023 and icaridin outside the U.S.). The sprays won’t kill the bugs, but they ...

  7. William C. Gorgas - Wikipedia

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    William Crawford Gorgas KCMG (October 3, 1854 – July 3, 1920) was a United States Army physician and 22nd Surgeon General of the U.S. Army (1914–1918). He is best known for his work in Florida, Havana and at the Panama Canal in abating the transmission of yellow fever and malaria by controlling the mosquitoes that carry these diseases, for which he used the discoveries made by the Cuban ...

  8. Mosquitoes on a plane: Video shows insects swarm airplane ...

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    Cabin crew and ground staff tried to get the situation under control by spraying mosquito and insect repellent in the cabins. It eventually took off at 6:59 p.m., according to the flight's history .

  9. TikToker explains why there are no mosquitoes at Disney World

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    A TikToker is blowing people's minds after he explained why you never see mosquitoes at Disney World, . despite it being in "the middle of a Florida swamp". Michael McBride, who posts under the ...