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Global Mosquito-Sensing Network Being Built Using Smartphones
Mosquitoes are small, midge-like flies that constitute the family Culicidae. Females of most species are ectoparasites, whose tube-like mouthparts pierce the hosts' skin to consume blood. Only certain species of mosquitoes of the Anopheles genus, and only females of those species, can transmit malaria. Malaria is caused by a one-celled parasitecalled a Plasmodium. Female Anopheles mosquitoes pick up the parasite from infected people when they bite to obtain blood needed to nurture their eggs. In the following article, "Global Mosquito-Sensing Network Being Built Using Smartphones" talks about how there have been researchers who've created an app that can recognize mosquito species from the sound they make.
The Malaria is a killer. Up to 600 million people suffer from the disease, and each year, one million die from it. According to UNICEF, most of them are children less than five years old living in sub-Saharan Africa. So preventing the spread of malaria is a major goal. Health experts have various ways to control the spread of the disease. Some of these interventions have been hugely successful but others less so. But the difference between success and failure is often poorly understood. One problem is that malaria is transmitted by infected Anopheles mosquitoes, and these make up only a tiny fraction of mosquito species. There are around 60 Anopheles species that can transmit malaria, out of 3,600 different mosquito species in total.
My view about this topic is that it's a creative way of helping the world in small steps by using technology that people sometimes would use in their everyday lives. When you think about it, many people in this world suffer from diseases and the app the researchers created can be a way to keep people safe. The app in my opinion has good potential.
Link to full article:
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609608/global-mosquito-sensing-network-being-built-using-smartphones/
Mosquitoes are small, midge-like flies that constitute the family Culicidae. Females of most species are ectoparasites, whose tube-like mouthparts pierce the hosts' skin to consume blood. Only certain species of mosquitoes of the Anopheles genus, and only females of those species, can transmit malaria. Malaria is caused by a one-celled parasitecalled a Plasmodium. Female Anopheles mosquitoes pick up the parasite from infected people when they bite to obtain blood needed to nurture their eggs. In the following article, "Global Mosquito-Sensing Network Being Built Using Smartphones" talks about how there have been researchers who've created an app that can recognize mosquito species from the sound they make.
The Malaria is a killer. Up to 600 million people suffer from the disease, and each year, one million die from it. According to UNICEF, most of them are children less than five years old living in sub-Saharan Africa. So preventing the spread of malaria is a major goal. Health experts have various ways to control the spread of the disease. Some of these interventions have been hugely successful but others less so. But the difference between success and failure is often poorly understood. One problem is that malaria is transmitted by infected Anopheles mosquitoes, and these make up only a tiny fraction of mosquito species. There are around 60 Anopheles species that can transmit malaria, out of 3,600 different mosquito species in total.
My view about this topic is that it's a creative way of helping the world in small steps by using technology that people sometimes would use in their everyday lives. When you think about it, many people in this world suffer from diseases and the app the researchers created can be a way to keep people safe. The app in my opinion has good potential.
Link to full article:
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609608/global-mosquito-sensing-network-being-built-using-smartphones/
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