Abacwaningi eNyuvesi yaseSouth Florida basebenzise ubuhlakani bokwenziwa ukuthuthukisaizithiyo zomiyanengethemba lokuzisebenzisa kwamanye amazwe ukuvimbela ukusabalala kwe-malaria.
I-TAMPA — Kuzosetshenziswa ugibe olusha oluhlakaniphile olusebenzisa ubuhlakani bokwenziwa ukulandelela omiyane abasabalalisa umalaleveva e-Afrika. Luyingqondo yabacwaningi ababili base-University of South Florida.
“Ngisho ukuthi, omiyane bayizilwane ezibulala kakhulu emhlabeni. Lezi empeleni ziyizinaliti ezisebenzisa i-hypodermic ezisakaza izifo,” kusho uRyan Carney, uprofesa osizayo wesayensi yedijithali eMnyangweni we-Integrative Biology eNyuvesi yaseSouth Florida.
Umiyane othwala umalaleveva, u-Anopheles Stephensi, ugxile kuCarney noSriram Chellappan, oprofesa besayensi yamakhompyutha nobunjiniyela eNyuvesi yaseSouth Florida. Banethemba lokulwa nomalaleveva kwamanye amazwe futhi basebenzisane ukuthuthukisa izicupho zobuhlakani zokwenziwa ezihlakaniphile zokulandelela omiyane. Lezi zicupho zihlelwe ukuthi zisetshenziswe e-Afrika.
Indlela okusebenza ngayo isicupho esihlakaniphile: Okokuqala, omiyane bandiza emgodini bese behlala ephepheni elinamathelayo elibadonselayo. Ikhamera engaphakathi bese ithatha isithombe somiyane bese ilayisha isithombe efwini. Abacwaningi bazosebenzisa ama-algorithms amaningana okufunda komshini kuwo ukuze baqonde ukuthi hlobo luni lomiyane noma uhlobo lwawo oluqondile. Ngale ndlela, ososayensi bazokwazi ukuthola ukuthi omiyane abangenwe yi-malaria baya kuphi.
“Lokhu kwenzeka ngokushesha, futhi uma kutholakala umiyane onesifo sikamalaleveva, lolo lwazi lungadluliselwa ezikhulwini zezempilo zomphakathi cishe ngesikhathi sangempela,” kusho uChelapan. “Labo miyane banezindawo ezithile lapho bethanda ukuzalela khona. Uma bengabhubhisa lezi zindawo zokuzalela, batshale umhlaba. , khona-ke inani labo linganqunyelwa ezingeni lendawo.”
"Ingaqukatha ukuqubuka kwezifo. Inganciphisa ukusabalala kwezifo futhi ekugcineni isindise izimpilo," kusho uChelapan.
Umalaleveva uthelela izigidi zabantu minyaka yonke, kanti iNyuvesi yaseSouth Florida isebenzisana nelabhorethri eMadagascar ukusetha izithiyo.
“Abantu abangaphezu kuka-600,000 bayafa minyaka yonke. Iningi labo lingabantwana abangaphansi kweminyaka emihlanu,” kusho uCarney. “Ngakho-ke umalaleveva uyinkinga enkulu yezempilo emhlabeni jikelele futhi eqhubekayo.”
Lo msebenzi uxhaswe ngemali eyizigidi ezingu-3.6 zamaRandi evela kwiNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health. Ukuqaliswa kwalo msebenzi e-Afrika kuzosiza nasekutholeni omiyane abathwala umalaleveva kunoma yisiphi esinye isifunda.
“Ngicabanga ukuthi amacala ayisikhombisa eSarasota (eSifundeni) aqokomisa ngempela usongo lwemalariya. Akukaze kube nokudluliswa kwemalariya endaweni e-United States eminyakeni engama-20 edlule,” kusho uCarney. “Asinawo u-Anopheles Stephensi lapha okwamanje. Uma lokhu kwenzeka, kuzovela ogwini lwethu, futhi sizobe sikulungele ukusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe bethu ukuze sikuthole futhi sikubhubhise.”
I-Smart Trap izosebenzisana newebhusayithi yokulandelela yomhlaba wonke esivele yethuliwe. Lokhu kuvumela izakhamuzi ukuthi zithathe izithombe zomiyane futhi zizilayishe njengenye indlela yokubalandela. UCarney uthe uhlela ukuthumela lezi zicupho e-Afrika kamuva kulo nyaka.
“Uhlelo lwami ukuya eMadagascar mhlawumbe naseMauritius ngaphambi kwesizini yemvula ekupheleni konyaka, bese ngokuhamba kwesikhathi sizothumela futhi sibuyise amanye ala madivayisi ukuze sikwazi ukuqapha lezo zindawo,” kusho uCarney.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Novemba-08-2024