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Could AI help fight mosquito-borne diseases?
Diseases like dengue fever, malaria or Zika are responsible for hundreds of thousands of death every year around the globe. Researchers are now trying to use artificial intelligence to help health officials locate and prevent disease-bearing mosquitoes and potential infestations.
The threat of mosquitoes in summer Some are looking forward to summer with long and sunny days. Others fear this season, not because of heat, but because of mosquitoes. It must be said that these animals, which are on average 5 mm long, are particularly present in summer. Their bites can range from simple itching to death. Despite its size, the mosquito is the animal that kills the most human each year, with about 725,000 to 1 million deaths per…
Mediterranean bacteria may harbor new mosquito solution - Scientific Inquirer
Mosquito-borne diseases kill more than 700,000 people every year, according to the World Health Organization, and the mosquitos that spread the disease are difficult to control. Most species have developed resistance to all major classes of synthetic insecticides, many of which pose both environmental and health risks. Biopesticides, derived from living organisms, may mitigate chemical insecticide resistance and offer an environmentally friendly…
What's living in your sink? Under the name POEMBAKterie, the University of Antwerp is launching a large-scale citizen science project to identify the bacteria in your...
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