Treatment Program Aims to Wipe Out Mosquito-Borne Disease Two doctors work on an easy-to-administer drug regimen aimed at eradicating filariasis, a mosquito-borne disease affecting 43 million people in the tropics. NPR's Joanne Silberner reports.

Treatment Program Aims to Wipe Out Mosquito-Borne Disease

January 26, 200312:00 AM ET

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Treatment Program Aims to Wipe Out Mosquito-Borne Disease

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Two doctors work on an easy-to-administer drug regimen aimed at eradicating filariasis, a mosquito-borne disease affecting 43 million people in the tropics. NPR's Joanne Silberner reports.