Every year hundreds of millions of people around the world are infected with malaria and other mosquito borne diseases.

Mosquito

Battling the spread of these illnesses involves knowing more about the mosquitoes themselves.

Yvonne-Marie Linton is leading an international project called the Mosquito Barcoding Initiative. Right now she is aboard the Scholar Ship which just took off from Panama and is enroute to Ecuador. Dr. Linton what is your major mission on this ship?

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Microbiologist Yvonne Marie Linton will continue the Mosquito Barcoding Initiative in her next port of call. That's the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador. And that's the answer to our Geo Quiz.