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New insecticides for sustainable and effective vector control of disease-transmitting mosquitoes
Objectives
The aim of the project is to develop a vector control product that offer safe protection against mosquito-borne diseases, a broader scope of usage and protection against insecticidal-resistant mosquito strains.
Specific objectives are;
1)to demonstrate new active substance(s) applied to textiles that efficiently incapacitate disease-transmitting mosquitoes, including mosquitoes from insecticide-resistant strains.
2)to show that our new active substance(s) are non-toxic to honeybees and zebrafish.
Diseases such as malaria, dengue, and Zika-virus infections are transferred to humans mainly through bites from infected mosquitoes. Vector control by insecticides is the predominant and most important way to prevent transmission of mosquito-borne diseases. While the widespread use of insecticides has had beneficial effects in terms of disease control, the currently used insecticides are unselective and have harmful effects on non-target organisms including humans and pollinators. Moreover, the heavy usage has promoted the development and spread of insecticide-resistance. New insecticides based on novel active substances are therefore urgently needed. The product is mainly intended as a modern alternative for controlling disease-transmitting mosquitoes for people living in tropic or sub-tropic areas, although the climate change and globalization opens up for a market for alternative vector control products.
Jan 2017 — Dec 2017
$118,134
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