Health Technologies To Eradicate Insects Transmitting Deadly Diseases

Drones transporting sterilized male mosquitos, cybernetic dragonflies, genetically modified insects with malaria-resisting traits, supersensitive radars or digital maps: the most innovative methods are deployed in the war on the tiniest but most murderous beasts out there: mosquitos, fleas, ticks carrying infectious diseases. Here’s the latest arsenal of digital technologies to eradicate insects and reduce deadly epidemics. Unusual suspects: mosquitos, fleas, and ticks Sharks, bears, tigers, the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog in association with sharp teeth and claws represent the traditional image of deadly animals. However, as it turns out, the bloodthirstiest creatures of the animal kingdom are small and for many of us, just annoyances accompanying summer vacations around lakes in the mountains: mosquitos. These tiny little insects – literally “little flies” in Spanish – kill 725,000 people every year by passing over devastating diseases caused by viruses or parasites. Their list of sins is rather long: malaria, dengue fever, yellow fever or encephalitis. The worst is malaria, which kills more than 600,000 people every year, while threatens half of the world’s population and causes billions of dollars in lost productivity annually. However, sandflies, triatomine bugs, black flies, ticks, tsetse flies, mites, snails or lice aren’t better either. According to UN figures, they are responsible for another 100,000 death per year; and together with the Mosquito Bi...
Source: The Medical Futurist - Category: Information Technology Authors: Tags: Biotechnology Future of Medicine Medical Professionals Policy Makers Researchers AI big data CRISRP digital health digital maps disease disease awareness epidemics gene editing Healthcare Innovation insect mosquito prev Source Type: blogs