In the world of agriculture, as with popular medicine, the theory is to treat the symptom (in this case insect invasions) and to hope that by the time fix becomes ineffective we have something else figured out to spray, engineer or swallow to re-bandaid the problem.

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Diflucan, an antifungal medicine, is used to treat infections that commonly strike people infected with HIV.

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