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Using Old Tires to Fight Zika Virus: Canadian Government Funds DIY Mosquito Trap
By DR. VIVIAN LEUNG Apr 7, 2016, 11:53 AM ET
With about $3.50 and an old tire, a doctor in Canada has come up with a mosquito trap that might dramatically cut down mosquito populations as part of an ongoing fight against infectious diseases like the Zika virus, a new study shows.
The innovative DIY trap, called an ?ovillanta,? has been shown to capture almost seven times more eggs of the Zika-spreading Aedes mosquitoes when pitted against standard traps, known as ovitraps.
Dr. Gerardo Ulibarri of Laurentian University in Canada started modifying ovitraps for West Nile virus in Canada, then focused on mosquitoes that spread dengue fever in Guatemala. Unable to bring his traps from Canada, he made them from discarded tires, thus the name ?ovillanta,? combining the words oviposition (when insects lay eggs) and llanta (Spanish for ?tire?).
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http://abcnews.go.com/Health/tires-fight-zika-virus-canadian-government-funds-diy/story?id=38219160
By DR. VIVIAN LEUNG Apr 7, 2016, 11:53 AM ET
With about $3.50 and an old tire, a doctor in Canada has come up with a mosquito trap that might dramatically cut down mosquito populations as part of an ongoing fight against infectious diseases like the Zika virus, a new study shows.
The innovative DIY trap, called an ?ovillanta,? has been shown to capture almost seven times more eggs of the Zika-spreading Aedes mosquitoes when pitted against standard traps, known as ovitraps.
Dr. Gerardo Ulibarri of Laurentian University in Canada started modifying ovitraps for West Nile virus in Canada, then focused on mosquitoes that spread dengue fever in Guatemala. Unable to bring his traps from Canada, he made them from discarded tires, thus the name ?ovillanta,? combining the words oviposition (when insects lay eggs) and llanta (Spanish for ?tire?).
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http://abcnews.go.com/Health/tires-fight-zika-virus-canadian-government-funds-diy/story?id=38219160