Abacwaningi eNyuvesi yaseNingizimu Florida basebenzise ubuhlakani bokwenziwa ukuthuthukisaizingibe zomiyanengethemba lokuwasebenzisa phesheya kwezilwandle ukuvimbela ukubhebhetheka kukamalaleveva.
I-TAMPA — Ucu olusha oluhlakaniphile olusebenzisa ubuhlakani bokwenziwa luzosetshenziswa ukulandelela omiyane abasakaza umalaleveva e-Afrika. Kuwumqondo wabacwaningi ababili abavela eNyuvesi yaseNingizimu Florida.
"Ngiqonde ukuthi, omiyane bayizilwane ezibulalayo kunazo zonke emhlabeni. Lezi izinaliti ngokuyisisekelo ze-hypodermic ezisakaza izifo, "kusho uRyan Carney, uprofesa osizayo wesayensi yedijithali eMnyangweni we-Integrative Biology eNyuvesi yaseNingizimu Florida.
Umiyane othwala umalaleveva, u-Anopheles Stephensi, ugxile kakhulu kuCarney noSriram Chellappan, oprofesa besayensi yekhompyutha nobunjiniyela eNyuvesi yaseNingizimu Florida. Banethemba lokulwa nomalaleveva phesheya futhi basebenze ndawonye ukuthuthukisa izicupho ezihlakaniphile, zokwenziwa zobuhlakani zokulandelela omiyane. Lezi zicupho kuhlelwe ukuthi zisetshenziswe e-Afrika.
Indlela i-smart trap esebenza ngayo: Okokuqala, omiyane bandiza ngembobo bese behlala phezu kwephedi elinamathelayo elibahehayo. Ikhamera engaphakathi ibe isithatha isithombe somiyane bese ilayisha isithombe emafini. Abacwaningi bazobe sebesebenzisa ama-algorithms wokufunda womshini amaningana kuwo ukuze baqonde ukuthi uluhlobo luni lomiyane noma uhlobo lwawo lwangempela. Ngale ndlela, ososayensi bazokwazi ukuthola ukuthi omiyane abangenwa umalaleveva bayaphi.
"Lokhu kwenzeka ngokushesha, futhi lapho kutholwa umiyane kamalaleveva, lolo lwazi lungadluliselwa ezikhulwini zezempilo zomphakathi cishe ngesikhathi sangempela," kusho uChelapan. "Lab' omiyane banezindawo ezithile abathanda ukuzalela kuzo. Uma bekwazi ukucekela phansi lezi zindawo ezizalela kuzo, umhlaba. , khona-ke inani labo lingancishiswa endaweni."
"Kungaqukatha ama-flare-ups. Kunganqanda ukusabalala kwama-vector futhi ekugcineni kusindise izimpilo," kusho uChelapan.
Umalaleveva uhlasela izigidi zabantu minyaka yonke, kanti iNyuvesi yaseNingizimu Florida isebenza nelabhorethri eMadagascar ukuze kuqashwe izicupho.
“Bangaphezu kuka-600 000 abantu abafa minyaka yonke. Iningi labo yizingane ezineminyaka engaphansi kwemihlanu,” kusho uCarney. Ngakho-ke umalaleveva uyinkinga enkulu futhi eqhubekayo yezempilo emhlabeni wonke.
Lo msebenzi uxhaswe ngesibonelelo sika-$3.6 million esivela kuNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health. Ukuqaliswa kwephrojekthi e-Afrika kuzosiza futhi ukuthola omiyane abathwala umalaleveva kunoma yisiphi esinye isifunda.
"Ngicabanga ukuthi izigameko eziyisikhombisa zaseSarasota (Isifunda) ziqokomisa ngempela usongo lukamalaleveva. Akukaze kube khona ukudluliswa kwe-malaria endaweni e-United States eminyakeni engu-20 edlule," kusho uCarney. “Asikabi naye u-Anopheles Stephensi lapha.
I-Smart Trap izosebenzisana nesizindalwazi esivele yethuliwe sokulandelela umhlaba wonke. Lokhu kuvumela izakhamizi ukuthi zithathe izithombe zomiyane futhi zizilayishe njengenye indlela yokubalandela. UCarney uthe uhlela ukuthumela izicupho e-Afrika ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kulo nyaka.
“Uhlelo lwami wukuya eMadagascar mhlawumbe naseMauritius ngaphambi kwenkathi yezimvula ekupheleni konyaka, bese kuthi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi sithumele futhi sibuyise eminye yale mishini ukuze sikwazi ukuqapha lezo zindawo,” kusho uCarney.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Nov-08-2024