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All-nighter: staying up to fight malaria

Victor Chaumeau collects mosquitoes in Myanmar to better understand how to control malaria.
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Victor Chaumeau sits outdoors at night with bags of plastic vials, mosquito nets suspended around him and candles burning

Victor Chaumeau is head entomologist at the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, based in Mae Sot, Thailand. Credit: David Høgsholt for Nature

Every year, my team and I collect mosquitoes at about a dozen villages in Kayin state, Myanmar, a conflict zone near the Thai border. Run by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, based in Mae Sot, Thailand, it’s one of the largest operations of its kind in the world. It looks like I’m working alone in this picture. In reality, I’m with a team of about 50 people. Most of the collection is done by local villagers, and a lot of work goes into training, coordination and logistics.

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Nature 599, 710 (2021)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03500-8

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