• borne
• transmitting diseases
• virus
• breed
• high rates
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I came to Australia to study the deadliest animal in the world. Now, there may be some Australian audience members thinking, Struth, science has finally recognized the importance of the drop bears. 

But I'm not studying drop bears because around the world, by 1 choicesborne transmitting diseases virus breed high rates like malaria and dengue fever, mosquitoes kill more than a million people every year, making them the deadliest animal on the planet.

Now, in Australia, the most common mosquito 2 choicesborne transmitting diseases virus breed high rates disease is Ross River 3 choicesborne transmitting diseases virus breed high rates and it occurs at 4 choicesborne transmitting diseases virus breed high rates in some areas but not others. My question is why? What is it about certain areas that makes them 5 choicesborne transmitting diseases virus breed high rates disease?

• alter
• contribute
• target
• infections
• control efforts
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If we can understand the environmental factors that 1 choicesalter contribute target infections control efforts to disease transmission, then we can 2 choicesalter contribute target infections control efforts the environment or 3 choicesalter contribute target infections control efforts our 4 choicesalter contribute target infections control efforts to prevent human 5 choicesalter contribute target infections control efforts . But to answer that question, I had to find out where the infected mosquitoes were in South Australia.

• embedded
• coats
• technique
• adapt
• detected
• survey
• broad scale
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And traditionally, testing mosquitoes for virus has always been difficult. So I used a new 1 choicesembedded coats technique adapt detected survey broad scale . It takes these cards, which are 2 choicesembedded coats technique adapt detected survey broad scale with virus preserving chemicals, and 3 choicesembedded coats technique adapt detected survey broad scale them in honey. Mosquitoes will come to feed on the honey and in the process, spit virus onto the card where it can later be 4 choicesembedded coats technique adapt detected survey broad scale . Now, no one had ever used this technique in a 5 choicesembedded coats technique adapt detected survey broad scale virus 6 choicesembedded coats technique adapt detected survey broad scale before, so I had to 7 choicesembedded coats technique adapt detected survey broad scale it.

• effective
• traps
• impressive
• method
• field sites
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I developed new 1 choiceseffective traps impressive method field sites and set them at over a hundred 2 choiceseffective traps impressive method field sites across South Australia. And I captured over 20,000 hungry mosquitoes and let them feed on the card for a week before testing the cards for virus. Now you may not think that these traps look very 3 choiceseffective traps impressive method field sites , but science doesn't have to be beautiful. It has to be 4 choiceseffective traps impressive method field sites . And these traps are proving to be our most sensitive 5 choiceseffective traps impressive method field sites of detecting infected mosquitoes.

• analysis
• publicly available
• conduct
• biodiversity
• green space
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I found three types of infection: Ross River virus, Barmah forest virus and Stratford virus which has never before been found in South Australia. I now have the virus data I need to 1 choicesanalysis publicly available conduct biodiversity green space my 2 choicesanalysis publicly available conduct biodiversity green space and I'm collecting 3 choicesanalysis publicly available conduct biodiversity green space data about the environment surrounding my traps, like: the density of human housing; the 4 choicesanalysis publicly available conduct biodiversity green space of mammals; and the ratio of 5 choicesanalysis publicly available conduct biodiversity green space to buildings, ...

• hotspots
• implementing
• factors
• tight budget
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... to see if any of those environmental 1 choiceshotspots implementing factors tight budget surveillance can link these virus 2 choiceshotspots implementing factors tight budget surveillance that I've shown here. But the most exciting part of my research so far has been the success of this method. Public health officials in Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia have been in contact with us about 3 choiceshotspots implementing factors tight budget surveillance this technique for their 4 choiceshotspots implementing factors tight budget surveillance next year. And I developed these traps on a 5 choiceshotspots implementing factors tight budget surveillance .

• impoverished
• cases
• occur
• regardless
• reused
• resources
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I used recycled milk cartons, pantyhose and paper clips to make the traps. Each trap costs less than a dollar and can be 1 choicesimpoverished cases occur regardless reused resources for the whole season. That was important to me because the majority of mosquito borne disease risk happens in economically 2 choicesimpoverished cases occur regardless reused resources countries. In India, for example, where about a quarter of the population lives on a dollar a day, there are thirty three million 3 choicesimpoverished cases occur regardless reused resources of dengue infection every year. With my low budget virus surveillance and spatial analysis method, I can help any country, 4 choicesimpoverished cases occur regardless reused resources of 5 choicesimpoverished cases occur regardless reused resources , find out: where their deadliest animals 6 choicesimpoverished cases occur regardless reused resources ; why they're there; and how we can stop them from infecting humans.