A medical entomologist is a scientist who studies insects, like mosquitos and ticks, that can spread diseases to humans and animals. They research ways to control these insects and prevent the transmission of diseases. Full definition
Several years ago, a group of medical entomologists at Johns Hopkins University created a strain of Anopheles stephensi (a mosquito that bites rodents) equipped with a gene called SM1 that makes the mosquitoes resistant to infection with Plasmodium berghei, a rodent malaria parasite. (sciencemag.org)
Scientists already knew that many insect - borne pathogens can be transmitted orally as well, says medical entomologist Paul Reiter of the Pasteur Institute in Paris. (sciencemag.org)
So medical entomologist Paul Reiter headed to the city, situated near the Gulf of Mexico, to search for larvae (and answers) in containers of standing water — especially inside discarded, used tires. (discovermagazine.com)