A New Heartbeat is Coming to Benton County
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Inside the lab at the heart of Louisiana’s mosquito-borne disease prevention network

Elise Plunk
Posted 7/9/26

ach vial sitting atop the frosty shelves, aligned in rows like egg cartons on a grocery store shelf, contains up to a hundred mosquitoes sent to the lab from across the state. Scientists can extract information hidden within the mosquitos’ DNA to help stop the spread of diseases to humans and keep infections at bay.  

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