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La lucha contra la malaria en Talayuela

Talayuela, Campo Arañuelo, Cáceres

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La lucha contra la malaria en Talayuela

Historical milestone · Talayuela, Campo Arañuelo, Cáceres

Image of Talayuela, not of the place itself.

Talayuela suffered endemic malaria until the mid-20th century; the scientist Sadí de Buen introduced the gambusia fish here to combat the mosquito, a technique later adopted in Europe and North Africa.

Photo: m.dolores paderne sa… (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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