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Dr. Hans House is a Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Iowa. He attended medical school at the University of Southern California, and completed a dual residency in Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine at UCLA. He has a Diploma of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from the London School of Tropical Medicine. He has published several articles on travel-related infections and regularly speaks about travel related diseases and emerging infectious diseases.

Dr. House's will focus on the Aedes species of mosquito, the insect responsible for three of the most significant vector borne diseases to affect the Americas in the last decade. For years, this pest has spread unchallenged, bringing regular waves of epidemic Dengue Fever. The arrival of Chikungunya and now the teratogenic Zika Virus is providing a new impetus for vector control efforts.

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