P K Sumodan had been working with Malaria Research Centre (ICMR), Panaji, Goa as a scientist since, 1991. Presently he is at District Medical Office of Health, Wayanad, Kerala. Specialized in entomology, he has been researching on the biology and control of mosquitoes as well as malaria epidemiology. Besides scientific research, he is interested in literature and has published many poems in English.

The miniscule needles of mosquitoes do not always stop at mere scratches on the skin, but inflict lethal stabs to exterminate over two million human lives annually! Know the hows and whys from this article.

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Address for Correspondence
P K Sumodan 
District Medical Office of Health
 Mananthavady, Wayanad 
Kerala 670 645, India. 
Email: sumodan@indiatimes.com