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/ 19 November 2004

Indian space odyssey speeds local development

Because it breeds deep inside forests, <i>Anopheles dirus</i>, a deadly species of malaria-carrying mosquito had been evading detection by regular ground surveys. So Aruna Srivastava from the Malaria Research Centre in New Delhi devised another approach to find them. This is a tale of how space-age technology can fight age-old enemies of man.