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In addition to herpetology and herpetoculture, my interests are reading(sci-fi/fantasy), skin/scuba diving, nature hiking, biking, aquarium keeping(both fresh and saltwater), gardening, and cooking. In "real life" I am a microbiologist, working with CDC(Centers for Disease Control)'s Dengue Branch, San Juan Laboratories, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. I mainly do tissue-culture isolation of Dengue(pronounced DEN-gee)virus from acute phase(0-5 days post-onset of symptoms) patient sera; also known as "breakbone fever", because of the sometimes excruciating joint pain this disease causes in some people, Dengue fever is a tropical disease transmitted by the mosquito Aedes aegypti. For more info on Dengue fever you can go to CDC's home page, CDC.gov, and search under the word "dengue".
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