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Allison Parshall

A single gene could stump a deadly parasitic infection


For people who live in 36 sub-Saharan African countries, one bite from the endemic tsetse fly can spell death. These creatures — and the parasites they may carry — have driven at least three epidemics in the last 120 years in this region, putting millions of lives at risk.

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