Our consortium will focus on the integration of four novel control components
in a low-tech (no power source, no need for CO2) and cheap mosquito
contamination device (MCD) that will
a) lure malaria mosquitoes to an attractive point source,
in a low-tech (no power source, no need for CO2) and cheap mosquito
contamination device (MCD) that will
a) lure malaria mosquitoes to an attractive point source,
b) infect them there with a fungus as a slow-killing agent, and
c) expose them to a juvenile hormone analogue with which they will
contaminate their breeding sites and kill mosquito larvae.
contaminate their breeding sites and kill mosquito larvae.
This is unique because it will be the first vector control tool that targets
both adult and larval mosquito stages simultaneously with environment-friendly
control agents. We foresee the use of MCDs mostly in the outdoor environment
where they will lure, infect, and contaminate host-seeking and resting females.
Together with the excito-repellent properties of insecticides used for indoor
spraying and bednet impregnation, and possibly spatial repellents, MCDs
will serve within a push-pull framework. We aim to develop a low-cost
MCD that operates uninterrupted and without maintenance for prolonged periods of.
MCDs will be highly useful in areas where insecticide-resistance
is hampering the effectiveness of current vector control tools and where
behavioural adaptation of mosquito populations has shifted towards
outdoor resting and biting. Our goal is to have several prototypes of
MCDs in an advanced stage of development and ready for industrial
production at the end of this 3-year project. By then, extensive (semi-)field
testing in Tanzania and various other countries will have been completed.
This proposal brings together a unique mix of business-oriented and
academic/institutional partners with a broad range of expertises in fungus
and mosquito biology, mosquito behaviour, trapping technology, materials
sciences and entrepreneurial interests. We will synergise our abilities to
make substantial progress to achieve our goal: to add a novel, effective,
and economic alternative to the limited vector control toolbox available to
combat malaria.
both adult and larval mosquito stages simultaneously with environment-friendly
control agents. We foresee the use of MCDs mostly in the outdoor environment
where they will lure, infect, and contaminate host-seeking and resting females.
Together with the excito-repellent properties of insecticides used for indoor
spraying and bednet impregnation, and possibly spatial repellents, MCDs
will serve within a push-pull framework. We aim to develop a low-cost
MCD that operates uninterrupted and without maintenance for prolonged periods of.
MCDs will be highly useful in areas where insecticide-resistance
is hampering the effectiveness of current vector control tools and where
behavioural adaptation of mosquito populations has shifted towards
outdoor resting and biting. Our goal is to have several prototypes of
MCDs in an advanced stage of development and ready for industrial
production at the end of this 3-year project. By then, extensive (semi-)field
testing in Tanzania and various other countries will have been completed.
This proposal brings together a unique mix of business-oriented and
academic/institutional partners with a broad range of expertises in fungus
and mosquito biology, mosquito behaviour, trapping technology, materials
sciences and entrepreneurial interests. We will synergise our abilities to
make substantial progress to achieve our goal: to add a novel, effective,
and economic alternative to the limited vector control toolbox available to
combat malaria.
http://www.in2care.org/invisible-pages/mosquito-contamination-device-mcd-2012-2015/
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