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After scientists confirmed that mosquitoes can transmit yellow fever and other diseases, mosquito control emerged as an important public health measure. Discover how Americans have managed mosquitoes at home and abroad through this selection of items from the NLM collection.
DDT: A Weapon Against Disease, 1945
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This 1945 War Department film documents the US military’s use of the pesticide DDT (dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane) to check an epidemic of typhus among refugees in occupied Italy.
For more information about pesticides, visit MedlinePlus.
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