Just when I think I’ve seen everything…I discover there is an app for your iPhone that claims to repel mosquitoes with high frequency sound:
“Have you ever been camping and you were worried about those mosquitos [sic] outside near your camp light? Wondering how soon it will be before they attack you in your sleep? Well, [...]
I have gone back and forth on what to write on this day.
On the one hand, this is an opportunity to reflect on the tremendous progress we’ve made so far. On the other hand…the UN set 2010 as the date for uniform malaria coverage.
There’s 614 days left until the day set as the target. The [...]
And now…back to World Malaria Day [Week] here at the Bug Blog. This has to be one of the most charming rap songs ever–a group of Atlanta kids do a rap song for Nothing but Nets.
I am very curious about the curriculum in which these students were introduced to malaria and [...]
Welcome to the second day of World Malaria Day [week] at the Bug Blog! I’ve talked several times about the way in which different mosquitoes respond differently to pesticides for malarial control, but here’s a new twist.
In a recent study to compare different species of mosquito in their ability to be a malarial vector, there [...]
So much new and interesting malaria research has been coming out lately, I thought I’d post some as we approach World Malaria Day. Here’s an assortment of research that shows how knowledge of basic mosquito biology and ecology can help control malaria.
First, a neat study that combines entomology and hydrogeology in Niger:
“efforts to control environmental [...]
Just a little reminder that WMD is April 25th, 2009.
I’ll be covering some new and cool malaria research over the next week or two as we count up to World Malaria Day. As a reminder, you can donate to Nothing But Nets online anytime.
Here’s a fascinating new bit of research that creatively gets mosquitoes to [...]
Hmm. I am extremely skeptical about the success of this project. From WSJ:
A quarter-century ago, American rocket scientists proposed the “Star Wars” defense system to knock Soviet missiles from the skies with laser beams. Some of the same scientists are now aiming their lasers at another airborne threat: the mosquito.
In a lab in this Seattle [...]
Looks like there could be a new repellent compound to choose from on your shelves soon!
The compound, isolongifolenone, is made from a tree with the charming name of Bastard Bulletwood. From the abstract:
We show that (Ð)-isolongifolenone deters the biting of the mosquitoes Aedes aegypti (L.) and Anopheles stephensi Liston more effectively than the widely used [...]
In an interesting TED talk, Bill Gates releases mosquitoes into a crowd. An excerpt:
Sadly, it only takes a few comments on the TED page until the “bring back DDT” drivel appears. Sigh.
If you actually watch the complete talk, you see that Malaria was NEVER eradicated in the equatorial areas, with or [...]
UNHCR (United Nations High Commission for Refugees) has asked bloggers to give this campaign by Nothing But Nets some promotion. Unfortunately, the majority of displaced people in the world live in malarial areas, and malaria is the greatest causes of death in refuge camps.
This fall, Nothing But Nets will work closely with UNHCR to send [...]
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