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[Targeting] latest climate-change threat: mosquitoes [with Sterile Insect Tech]

1 points by mdp2021 3y ago

mdp2021 3y ago
I submit the present one after having seen the article, hours ago, Florida malaria outbreak still going with local cases now at 7 - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1955210 https://arstechnica.com/?p=1955210 - (or New malaria case reported in Florida brings national total to 8 - https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-07-malaria-case-florida-national-total.html https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-07-malaria-case-florida-... ). Palm Beach (of all places) now has malaria. Croatia is playing it proactive, pushing sterile males mosquitoes in the wild. With Croatia and Greece (and apparently Italy), Cyprus also started a containment activity: Cyprus battles disease-carrying mosquitoes by breeding them with irradiated, sterilized ones - https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-06-cyprus-disease-carrying-mosquitoes-irradiated-sterilized.html https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-06-cyprus-disease-carryi... > the Aedes aegypti [carrier of dengue, Zika and yellow fever, as well as West Nile virus] has been specifically targeted to prevent its potential migration to continental Europe The producer of sterile male specimens could be, in Italy (provider for Croatia), the Centro Agricoltura Ambiente (CAA) near Bologna - https://www.caa.it/it/entomologia-e-zoologia-sanitarie/lotta-alle-zanzare/sterile-insect-technique/ https://www.caa.it/it/entomologia-e-zoologia-sanitarie/lotta... -- Croatia (ex phys.org): > The release is part of a pilot project focused on eradicating invasive Asian Tiger mosquitoes known for carrying sicknesses like Dengue Fever, Chikungunya and Zika > The Zagreb project kickstarted in June, when 100,000 mosquitoes were released in a high-risk area with thick foliage where mosquitoes often congregate > The plan is rooted in the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) - a method that has been used for decades across the world to combat various harmful insects, but is still being tested for its effectiveness against mosquitoes in urban areas > The insects - which have been rendered sterile after exposure to gamma rays - are sourced from a laboratory in Italy > In Greece in 2019, the project succeeded in slashing the population of Asian Tiger mosquitoes by 90 percent [...] // During a trial of the technique last year in Croatia's Istria, up to 14 percent of mosquito eggs in the area were found to be sterile and jumped to nearly 60 percent this year

1 points by mdp2021 3y ago

mdp2021 3y ago

I submit the present one after having seen the article, hours ago, Florida malaria outbreak still going with local cases now at 7 - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1955210 https://arstechnica.com/?p=1955210 - (or New malaria case reported in Florida brings national total to 8 - https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-07-malaria-case-florida-national-total.html https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-07-malaria-case-florida-... ). Palm Beach (of all places) now has malaria. Croatia is playing it proactive, pushing sterile males mosquitoes in the wild. With Croatia and Greece (and apparently Italy), Cyprus also started a containment activity: Cyprus battles disease-carrying mosquitoes by breeding them with irradiated, sterilized ones - https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-06-cyprus-disease-carrying-mosquitoes-irradiated-sterilized.html https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-06-cyprus-disease-carryi... > the Aedes aegypti [carrier of dengue, Zika and yellow fever, as well as West Nile virus] has been specifically targeted to prevent its potential migration to continental Europe The producer of sterile male specimens could be, in Italy (provider for Croatia), the Centro Agricoltura Ambiente (CAA) near Bologna - https://www.caa.it/it/entomologia-e-zoologia-sanitarie/lotta-alle-zanzare/sterile-insect-technique/ https://www.caa.it/it/entomologia-e-zoologia-sanitarie/lotta... -- Croatia (ex phys.org): > The release is part of a pilot project focused on eradicating invasive Asian Tiger mosquitoes known for carrying sicknesses like Dengue Fever, Chikungunya and Zika > The Zagreb project kickstarted in June, when 100,000 mosquitoes were released in a high-risk area with thick foliage where mosquitoes often congregate > The plan is rooted in the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) - a method that has been used for decades across the world to combat various harmful insects, but is still being tested for its effectiveness against mosquitoes in urban areas > The insects - which have been rendered sterile after exposure to gamma rays - are sourced from a laboratory in Italy > In Greece in 2019, the project succeeded in slashing the population of Asian Tiger mosquitoes by 90 percent [...] // During a trial of the technique last year in Croatia's Istria, up to 14 percent of mosquito eggs in the area were found to be sterile and jumped to nearly 60 percent this year