Shaikh Farheen Abusad (46) Shaikh Shahbaz Shakoor (49) Article name: BMC Mulls Roping in Citizens to Fight Mosquito Menace Newspaper: DNA mumbai Dated : January 31‚ 2015 | Summary The article talks about the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) which has proposed to appoint voluntary detectors from among citizens in a move that will ensure public participation in bringing down mosquito breeding spots to curb vector-borne diseases. Having learnt its lesson from last year‚ when a record 20‚000
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Pregnancy and Zika Virus Disease Zika virus disease‚ or Zika‚ is an illness that can spread to people from mosquitoes that carry the virus. It may also spread from person to person through infected body fluids. Zika first occurred in Africa‚ but it has recently spread to new areas. The virus occurs in tropical climates. The location of Zika continues to change. Most people who become infected with the Zika virus do not have serious illness. However‚ Zika may cause birth defects in an unborn baby
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prevent teenagers to not at all become antisocial. One of these alternative solutions is the “Mosquito” which is a sonic device that gives out a piercing noise audible only to teenagers and people in there early twenties. This device has been installed as a “yob” (slang for an antisocial person) deterrent at nearly 3‚000 locations such as grocers and shopping malls across Great Britain. This Mosquito is a camouflaged speaker box not larger than shoebox and it sends out a pulse
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Transfer your product in a clean sprayer and there you go ‚ Natural Insect Repellent. Illustration: Recommendation : There are some natural mosquito repellent ideas such as cinnamon oil‚ castor oil‚ or clove oil. These do work‚ but are also very strong odors‚ and they can stain. Commercially available‚ all-natural mosquito repellents are formulated and tested to not stain or burn your skin. You should let the companies do the trial and error research to figure out what works best
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Antibiotics are medications used to kill or prevent the spread of disease causing bacteria in the body. There are two types of antibiotics which manage infectious diseases differently: 1. Bactericidal Antibiotics: this is when the antibiotic completely kills off the Bacteria. It does this by damaging or interfering with the bacteria’s cell contents or wall. An example of this type of antibiotic is Penicillin which is in fact the first type of antibiotic to be discovered. 2. Bacteriostatic Antibiotics:
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high frequency sounds). These electronic devices have been shown to have no effect as a mosquito repellent by studies done by the EPA and many universities.[1] Insect repellents help prevent and control the outbreak of insect-borne diseases such as malaria‚ Lyme disease‚ dengue fever‚ bubonic plague‚ and West Nile fever. Pest animals commonly serving as vectors for disease include the insects flea‚ fly‚ and mosquito; and the arachnid tick. Synthetic repellents tend to be more effective and/or longer
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solution of Lemongrass and Garlic. The set up was composed of experimental and control group. The experimental group was being sprayed using a specific commercial pesticide. On the other hand‚ the control group was being sprayed using the organic mosquito killer. Data were collected to gather relevant information. In the light of the findings of the study‚ it was found out that the solution composing of 40 mL solution of Garlic and Lemongrass extract can kill mosquitoes in a short span of time compared
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Page 1 of 6 Life Cycle of Malaria Page 2 of 6 Malaria is an ancient disease transmitted by the Anopheles mosquito that predates recorded history. Historically it was common in the swampy areas around Rome‚ and was believed that the tainted air in those locations made people very sick‚ the disease was therefore named malaria for the Latin root words bad air. Malaria is caused by small parasitic protozoa of the genus Plasmodium which infects both humans and mosquitoes in a cyclical process.
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remained one of the major public health problems in Nigeria. The obstacle to the success of malaria control and prevention interventions are both behavioral and non behavioral. The behavioral factors relate to cultural practices which promote mosquito breeding and mosquito access to people as well failure of the risk population to use technologies proven to be effective for the treatment‚ control and prevention of malaria promptly and appropriately. The main non-behavioral factors include geographical or
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The Zika virus can be contracted by being bitten by the mosquito Aedes aegypti. Puerto Rico being an island where is warm all year round makes the perfect breeding environment for this mosquito. At least 117 people have tested positive for the Zika virus in Puerto Rico and five of them are pregnant women. The Zika virus in Puerto Rico‚ how did it get there? Is the population in Puerto Rico able to fight this epidemic? How can the people in the island protect themselves from acquiring this virus?
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