Health
Qld-led study trials anti-mosquito device – Shepparton News
A device that targets mosquitoes and helps prevent diseases such as dengue, chikungunya and Zika has been trialled in an international study led by Queensland researchers.The ’emanator’ is a small insecticide-treated plastic mesh device and has been used in a randomised field trial to target Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in homes in the state of Yucatan in Mexico.
The findings from the study, led by the Berghofer Medical Research Institute (QIMR) in Brisbane, show that the devices when hung in homes…
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