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Inside the CDC’s Mosquito Lab
Posted on 2026-02-19 17:07:13
Inside Taiwan’s Centers for Disease Control is a group of unusual
“residents” — carefully kept under constant temperature and humidity
control.



At the CDC’s Vector Laboratory, more than 150,000 specimens have been
collected from across Taiwan over the past six decades.

The collection includes mosquitoes, rats, cockroaches, flies, ticks, and
mites — some dating back to 1965.



Health officials say the specimens were gathered by generations of disease
prevention experts, including pioneers known as Taiwan’s “mosquito
doctors,” who traveled throughout the island to document outbreaks and trace
disease sources.

A five-member team cares daily for between 5,000 and 8,000 adult mosquitoes,
along with nearly 10,000 larvae — all to provide scientific evidence and
support for Taiwan’s disease prevention efforts.


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