Abaphandi kwiYunivesithi yaseMzantsi Florida baye basebenzisa ubukrelekrele bokwenziwa ukuphuhlisaimigibe yeengcongconingethemba lokuzisebenzisa phesheya ukuthintela ukwanda kwesifo seengcongconi.
I-TAMPA - Umgibe omtsha ohlakaniphile usebenzisa ubukrelekrele bokwenziwa uya kusetyenziswa ukulandelela iingcongconi ezisasaza isifo seengcongconi eAfrika. Yingqondo yabaphandi ababini abavela kwiYunivesithi yaseMzantsi Florida.
"Ndiyathetha, iimiyane zizilwanyana ezifa kakhulu emhlabeni. Ezi ziyinaliti ze-hypodermic ezisasaza izifo, "kusho uRyan Carney, uprofesa oncedisayo wesayensi yedijithali kwiSebe le-Integrative Biology kwiYunivesithi yaseMzantsi Florida.
Ingcongconi ephethe isifo seengcongconi, u-Anopheles Stephensi, ugxininise kuCarney kunye noSriram Chellappan, oonjingalwazi bekhompyuter kunye nobunjineli kwiYunivesithi yaseMzantsi Florida. Banethemba lokulwa nesifo seengcongconi phesheya kwaye basebenzisane ukuphuhlisa imigibe ekrelekrele eyenziweyo yokulandelela iingcongconi. Le migibe icwangciselwe ukusetyenziswa eAfrika.
Indlela osebenza ngayo umgibe okrelekrele: Okokuqala, iingcongconi zibhabhela emngxunyeni zize zihlale kwiphedi encangathi ezitsalayo. Ikhamera ngaphakathi ke ithatha ifoto yengcongconi kwaye ilayishe umfanekiso efini. Abaphandi baya kuthi emva koko baqhube ii-algorithms zokufunda ngoomatshini kuwo ukuze baqonde ukuba luhlobo luni lwengcongconi okanye iintlobo zayo kanye. Ngale ndlela, izazinzulu ziya kuba nakho ukufumanisa ukuba ziya phi iingcongconi ezosulelwe sisifo seengcongconi.
“Oku kwenzeka ngoko nangoko, kwaye xa kubhaqwe ingcongconi yemalariya, olo lwazi lunokudluliselwa kumagosa ezempilo kawonke-wonke phantse ngexesha lokwenyani,” utshilo uChelapan. Ezi ngcongconi zineendawo ezithile ezithanda ukuzalela kuzo. Ukuba zinokutshabalalisa ezi ndawo zizalela kuzo, umhlaba.
"Inokuqulatha i-flare-ups. Inokuthintela ukusasazeka kwee-vectors kwaye ekugqibeleni isindise ubomi," kusho uChelapan.
Isifo seengcongconi sosulela izigidi zabantu minyaka le, kwaye iYunivesithi yaseSouth Florida isebenza nelebhu yaseMadagascar ukuze ibeke imigibe.
UCarney uthi: “Bangaphezu kwama-600 000 abantu abafa minyaka le. Uninzi lwabo ngabantwana abangaphantsi kweminyaka emihlanu ubudala. “Ngoko ke isifo seengcongconi yingxaki enkulu neqhubekayo yezempilo yehlabathi.”
Le projekthi ixhaswa ngemali ye-3.6 yezigidi zenkxaso-mali evela kwiZiko leSizwe le-Allergy kunye neZifo ezosulelayo zamaZiko ezeMpilo eSizwe. Ukuphunyezwa kwale projekthi e-Afrika kuya kunceda nasekubhaqeni iingcongconi ezithwala isifo seengcongconi kuwo nawuphi na omnye ummandla.
“Ndicinga ukuba iimeko ezisixhenxe eSarasota (kwiNqila) zibalaselisa ngokwenene isoyikiso sesifo seengcongconi.” Akuzange kubekho ukusasazwa kwesifo seengcongconi eUnited States kule minyaka ingama-20 idluleyo,” watsho uCarney. “Asikabi naye uAnopheles Stephensi apha.
I-Smart Trap iya kusebenzisana kunye newebhusayithi esele iqalisiwe yokulandela umkhondo yehlabathi. Oku kuvumela abemi ukuba bathathe iifoto zeengcongconi kwaye bazilayishe njengenye indlela yokuzilandela. UCarney uthe uceba ukuthumela imigibe e-Afrika kamva kulo nyaka.
"Isicwangciso sam kukuya eMadagascar kwaye mhlawumbi iMauritius ngaphambi kwexesha lemvula ekupheleni konyaka, kwaye emva kwexesha siya kuthumela kwaye sibuyise ezinye zezi zixhobo ukuze sikwazi ukubeka iliso kwezo ndawo," kusho uCarney.
Ixesha lokuposa: Nov-08-2024