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Focus On Business: Dr. Stephen Dobson on Mosquito Mate

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Published March 26, 2018 at 9:00 AM EDT

Spring is here and coming soon: mosquito season, with heightened concerns about diseases that these insects might transfer to humans. Today, Tom Martin talks with Stephen Dobson, a professor of medical entomology, about "Mosquito Mate", a spinoff of research Dr. Dobson conducted at the University of Kentucky.

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