Abaphandi kwiYunivesithi yaseSouth Florida basebenzise ubukrelekrele bokwenziwa ukuphuhlisaizibatha zeengcongconingethemba lokuzisebenzisa kwamanye amazwe ukuthintela ukusasazeka kwemalariya.
I-TAMPA — Umgibe omtsha okrelekrele osebenzisa ubukrelekrele bokwenziwa uza kusetyenziswa ukulandelela iingcongconi ezisasaza imalariya eAfrika. Lo ngumbono wabaphandi ababini abavela kwiYunivesithi yaseSouth Florida.
“Nditsho ukuthi, iingcongconi zezona zilwanyana zibulala kakhulu emhlabeni. Ezi ziinaliti ezisasaza izifo,” utshilo uRyan Carney, uprofesa oncedisayo wesayensi yedijithali kwiSebe leBiology eDibeneyo kwiYunivesithi yaseSouth Florida.
Ingcongconi ethwala imalariya, u-Anopheles Stephensi, yeyona nto iphambili kuCarney noSriram Chellappan, oonjingalwazi besayensi yekhompyutha nobunjineli kwiYunivesithi yaseSouth Florida. Banethemba lokulwa nemalariya kwamanye amazwe baze basebenzisane ekuphuhliseni imigibe yobukrelekrele yokwenziwa yokulandelela iingcongconi. Le migibe icwangciselwe ukusetyenziswa eAfrika.
Indlela esebenza ngayo le trap ikrelekrele: Okokuqala, iingcongconi zibhabha zingene emngxunyeni zize zihlale kwindawo enamathelayo ezitsalayo. Ikhamera engaphakathi emva koko ithatha ifoto yengcongconi ize ifake umfanekiso efini. Abaphandi baza kusebenzisa iindlela ezahlukeneyo zokufunda koomatshini kuyo ukuze baqonde ukuba loluphi uhlobo lwengcongconi okanye uhlobo lwayo ngqo. Ngale ndlela, izazinzulu ziya kukwazi ukufumanisa apho iingcongconi ezinemalariya ziya khona.
“Oku kwenzeka ngoko nangoko, kwaye xa kufunyenwe ingcongconi enesifo semalariya, olo lwazi lunokudluliselwa kumagosa ezempilo karhulumente phantse ngexesha langempela,” utshilo uChelapan. “Ezi ngcongconi zineendawo ezithile ezithanda ukuzalela kuzo. Ukuba zinokutshabalalisa ezi ndawo zokuzalela, umhlaba. , inani lazo linokunciphisa kwinqanaba lendawo.”
“Ingaqulatha ukuqhambuka kwezifo. Inganciphisa ukusasazeka kwezifo ezibangela iintsholongwane kwaye ekugqibeleni isindise ubomi,” utshilo uChelapan.
I-Malaria ihlasela izigidi zabantu minyaka le, kwaye iYunivesithi yaseSouth Florida isebenzisana nelebhu eMadagascar ukuseta imigibe.
“Bangaphezu kwama-600,000 abantu abafa minyaka le. Uninzi lwabo ngabantwana abangaphantsi kweminyaka emihlanu,” utshilo uCarney. “I-Malaria ke ngoko yingxaki enkulu yezempilo eqhubekayo kwihlabathi liphela.”
Le projekthi ixhaswe ngemali yesibonelelo se-3.6 yezigidi zeerandi esivela kwiNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health. Ukuphunyezwa kwale projekthi e-Afrika kuya kunceda ekufumaneni iingcongconi ezithwala imalariya nakweyiphi na enye indawo.
“Ndicinga ukuba amatyala asixhenxe eSarasota (eSithili) abonisa ngokwenene ingozi yemalariya. Akukaze kubekho ukusasazeka kwemalariya eMelika kwiminyaka engama-20 edlulileyo,” utshilo uCarney. “Asinaye u-Anopheles Stephensi apha okwangoku. .Ukuba oku kuyenzeka, kuya kubonakala kunxweme lwethu, kwaye siya kuba sikulungele ukusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe bethu ukuyifumana nokuyitshabalalisa.”
I-Smart Trap iza kusebenzisana newebhusayithi yokulandelela yehlabathi esele iqalisiwe. Oku kuvumela abemi ukuba bathathe iifoto zeengcongconi baze bazifake njengenye indlela yokulandelela. UCarney uthe uceba ukuthumela ezi zingcongconi eAfrika kamva kulo nyaka.
“Isicwangciso sam kukuya eMadagascar mhlawumbi naseMauritius ngaphambi kwexesha lemvula ekupheleni konyaka, size emva koko sithumele size sibuyise ezinye zezi zixhobo ukuze sikwazi ukujonga ezo ndawo,” utshilo uCarney.
Ixesha lokuthumela: Novemba-08-2024