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Researchers are starting to understand the behaviour of insects ravaging parts of Asia, Africa and the Middle East. This work must be furthered, funded and field-tested.
A focus on the coronavirus has disrupted detection and treatment of other infectious diseases. Governments and funders can do four things to avert a catastrophe.