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    "Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199 USA",
    "Biomolecular Sciences Institute, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199 USA",
    "Department of Pediatric Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, National School of Tropical Medicine, 1102 Bates Avenue, Houston, TX 77030 USA",
    "William T. Shearer Center for Human Immunobiology, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX 77030 USA",
    "Section of Epidemiology and Population Sciences, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, 1 Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030 USA"
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  "title": "The prediction of Aedes mosquito abundance using remote sensing and machine learning in Harris County, Texas",
  "title_text": "The prediction of Aedes mosquito abundance using remote sensing and machine learning in Harris County, Texas",
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