Interacting with the Net (IMAGE)

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Interacting with the Net

Caption

This image was captured by an infra-red tracking system and shows the flight paths of multiple mosquitoes as they attempt to reach a sleeping human protected inside an insecticide-treated be net. The image shows the high concentration of activity on the roof of the net, above the torso of the sleeper beneath.

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LSTM

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