Posted on 08/27/2011 1:08:57 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Malaria-carrying mosquitoes are disappearing in some parts of Africa, but scientists are unsure as to why.
Figures indicate controls such as anti-mosquito bed nets are having a significant impact on the incidence of malaria in some sub-Saharan countries.
But in Malaria Journal, researchers say mosquitoes are also disappearing from areas with few controls.
They are uncertain if mosquitoes are being eradicated or whether they will return with renewed vigour.
Data from countries such as Tanzania, Eritrea, Rwanda, Kenya and Zambia all indicate that the incidence of malaria is dropping fast.
Researchers believe this is due to effective implementation of control programmes, especially the deployment of bed nets treated with insecticide.
But a team of Danish and Tanzanian scientists say this is not the whole story. For more than 10 years they have been collecting and counting the number of mosquitoes caught in thousands of traps in Tanzania.
In 2004 they caught over 5,000 insects. In 2009 that had dropped to just 14.
More importantly, these collections took place in villages that weren't using bed nets.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
Not enough rain...probably
Bingo. Mosquitos can’t breed without shallow water.
When is PETA going to get involved? Save the Mosquito!
That was my first thought too - my second was 'what if some liberal decides to 'save the mosquitoes'? They're nutty enough to do it.
Is this supposed to be bad news? We just returned from Yellowstone and the Tetons. I sure wish the damn bugs would disappear from there. And we were told they were mild in July compared to May - June when the horses were just covered with them this year.
Drought and starvation sees to be working pretty well. ;-)
Could it be drought.
Isn’t Somilia in trouble because they haven’t had rain in 4 years?
They’ve moved to Alberta.
Someone is selling them DDT.
Well, there's always black flies. Do fish eat black fly larva?
You win.
If I hear any more bombastic eyewash about the efficacy of “bed nets” I’ll strangle a (foam replica) Osprey.
God Bless the inventor of DDT
check for DDT and the mystery will be solved.
My guess would be that the globally banned DDT is being blackmarketed and used there..........lets hope so.
You are correct.
As an aside, any good chemist can make DDT at home. All the ingedience to make DDT are found at google. The only thing is that I did not find the measurments for the recipe. But then, a good chemesist would know it already.
Thats the first thing that I thought of. DDT does wonders against mosquito's, lasts a long time, and one needn't use a whole lot of it.
can an Endangered Species listing be far behind?
ingedience - ingredients
It is that time in the afternoon I am drifting off to la la land.
I smell a fake story. This is to inform us mosquito netting works. BS.
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