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Thread: Device may stop dengue fever by slaughtering pregnant mosquitos |
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Researchers have come up with a new weapon in the multi-approach war against Dengue.
It's a cheap trash can like device that attracts and kills pregnant mosquitoes which are likely to be in the middle of a process that passes Dengue along to new humans. http://io9.com/5721996/device-may-stop-dengue...tering-pregnant-mosquitos |
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Looks like someone came up with a top rank, practical and sensible solution to this biggest of all problems.
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nanoprobe
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Actually this technology has been around for almost 20 years. I used to work for a man who had several of these on his property in the Fl. Keys. They worked amazingly well.
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BladeD
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Actually this technology has been around for almost 20 years. I used to work for a man who had several of these on his property in the Fl. Keys. They worked amazingly well. http://www.mosquitomagnet.com/ Maybe the difference is in the word, cheap. |
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nanoprobe
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Maybe the difference is in the word, cheap. Could be and I hope you're right but I didn't see any mention of costs in the article. I also wonder how efficient they would be. Would like to see a follow up report after they are deployed.
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Actually this technology has been around for almost 20 years. I used to work for a man who had several of these on his property in the Fl. Keys. They worked amazingly well. http://www.mosquitomagnet.com/ You're correct the "Mosquitomagnet" type devices have been around for years, and they are widely available in the US. I have seen them at both Home Depot and Lowe's. (US DIY stores) While they can be effective, they have several downsides that the new "trash can" type trap does not. First of all, the mosquitomagnet is relatively expensive, in the range of $400 for the unit, and then there are additional accessories to increase its effectiveness. While it is still too early to predict what the trash can trap would cost when mass produced, it appears that it will be far cheaper per unit than a mosquitomagnet. The mosquitomagnet attracts the mosquito's by producing CO2 using expensive propane gas. The trash can type is passive and does not require electricity or gas to work. There is also the "Green" global warming argument that burning the propane to make more CO2 isn't planet friendly. Keeping the mosquitomagnet's supplied with propane in countries where people have to haul water for miles, could be a real problem. And then there is the ongoing cost of the propane, which can get expensive even in the US. Also, since the mosquitomagnet puts out all of that CO2, it cannot be used indoors where an accumulation of the gas could be dangerous, and would no longer attract the mosquitoes to the trap itself because the CO2 would be everywhere. The trash can trap can be used indoors where it could be very effective in attracting all the mosquitoes in a room. So while these two devices are both, hopefully, effective ,the mosquitomagnet has limitations of initial cost, cost of use, availability of fuel, and outdoor only use that the experimental trash can trap doesn't have. Let's hope the research goes well for the trash can trap, and that it can ultimately be a game changer for some folks threatened with dengue. Here is a link to another article on the Trash-Can Trap, that offers pictures and a bit more information on the research  :http://www.livescience.com/animals/mosquito-t...-fever-spread-101230.html |
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BladeD
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WOW, thanks for that very informative post!
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The scent attraction idea has caught the imagination of other bitey-bug scientists,
http://www.scidev.net/en/news/tsetse-flies-lured-by-lizard-scent.html http://www.scidev.net/en/news/scientists-scen...nst-the-tsetse-fly-1.html |
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