A practice organized around controlling disease-carrying organisms such as mosquitoes, distinct from sanitation practice, which addresses waste and water infrastructure rather than living vectors. Belongs here: a mosquito or vector control program. Does not belong here: water or waste infrastructure work, grouped under sanitation or water safety practices.
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1. Wikipedia: History of malaria
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Mosquito control instituted by William C. Gorgas dramatically reduced this problem.
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