[Commons-Law] ICMR to patent mosquito trap
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Tamil Nadu
ICMR to patent mosquito trap
S. Vijay Kumar
The new technology is expected to contain chikungunya and dengue
MADURAI: In what could be a significant breakthrough in containing the
incidence of chikungunya and dengue, the Centre for Research in
Medical Entomology (CRME), a premier laboratory of the Indian Council
of Medical Research here, has developed a new technology to trap
infected mosquitoes.
The 'OVI Trap' or simply the 'egg trapping device' is an indigenous
technology conceived and developed by a team of scientists led by
senior entomologist, B.K. Tyagi. After studying the breeding sites,
behaviour and vigour of chikungunya and dengue-transmitting
mosquitoes, the scientists designed the mechanical trap to seize
gravid (pregnant) mosquitoes.
"After successfully testing the device in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, we
have forwarded it to the ICMR for obtaining patent. After successful
patenting, the trap will be put to commercial use and made available
to the common man," Dr. Tyagi told The Hindu on Sunday.
The 'OVI Trap' would attract pregnant mosquitoes to lay eggs and
confine them to the enclosure. Each trap could contain a maximum 300
mosquitoes. "The trapped mosquitoes, if not cleared for scientific
investigation, will automatically die in confinement. Though such
traps are available, this is an improvised version that takes into
account the ecological system and targets particularly the 'Aedes
Albopictus' mosquitoes that spread dengue." The outbreak of these
infections has a direct correlation to the density of female
mosquitoes.
"By curbing the pregnant mosquitoes, we can minimise the mosquito
population. Each mosquito lays about 200 eggs…nearly 50 per cent of
the newborn are female mosquitoes again. It is like preventing the
next generation mosquitoes."
(c) Copyright 2000 - 2008 The Hindu
http://www.thehindu.com/2008/06/09/stories/2008060958790800.htm Back
Tamil Nadu
ICMR to patent mosquito trap
S. Vijay Kumar
The new technology is expected to contain chikungunya and dengue
MADURAI: In what could be a significant breakthrough in containing the
incidence of chikungunya and dengue, the Centre for Research in
Medical Entomology (CRME), a premier laboratory of the Indian Council
of Medical Research here, has developed a new technology to trap
infected mosquitoes.
The 'OVI Trap' or simply the 'egg trapping device' is an indigenous
technology conceived and developed by a team of scientists led by
senior entomologist, B.K. Tyagi. After studying the breeding sites,
behaviour and vigour of chikungunya and dengue-transmitting
mosquitoes, the scientists designed the mechanical trap to seize
gravid (pregnant) mosquitoes.
"After successfully testing the device in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, we
have forwarded it to the ICMR for obtaining patent. After successful
patenting, the trap will be put to commercial use and made available
to the common man," Dr. Tyagi told The Hindu on Sunday.
The 'OVI Trap' would attract pregnant mosquitoes to lay eggs and
confine them to the enclosure. Each trap could contain a maximum 300
mosquitoes. "The trapped mosquitoes, if not cleared for scientific
investigation, will automatically die in confinement. Though such
traps are available, this is an improvised version that takes into
account the ecological system and targets particularly the 'Aedes
Albopictus' mosquitoes that spread dengue." The outbreak of these
infections has a direct correlation to the density of female
mosquitoes.
"By curbing the pregnant mosquitoes, we can minimise the mosquito
population. Each mosquito lays about 200 eggs…nearly 50 per cent of
the newborn are female mosquitoes again. It is like preventing the
next generation mosquitoes."
(c) Copyright 2000 - 2008 The Hindu
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