Scientists go door to door to bring the pests in, PCR test tells them which ones are dangerous OVER the last few years, people from some villages of Orissa got used to a team of researchers knocking on their doors at five in the morning. The team was on a mission to collect mosquitoes to study the insects

The researchers from the Regional Medical Research Centre and Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, also used the PCR technique to detect the chloroquine-resistant strains of Plasmodium falciparum. The drug chloroquine was used in treating malaria until the parasite developed resistance to it. Using PCR, the scientists easily detected the chloroquine-resistant marker, K76T on a gene

Ahmedabad : Delayed monsoon might have come as a blessing in disguise for Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) authorities as they have managed to buy time from the 1,000-odd striking link workers who are responsible for carrying out door-to-door disease detection activities, primarily for anti-malaria drive.

One solution: Ivermectin kills the mosquito that is infected with the malaria parasite, and thus stops the transmission of the disease.

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CHANDIGARH: The Centre has sanctioned a Rs.1.75-crore scheme for Haryana under the National Vector-Borne Disease Control Programme for prevention of vector-borne diseases like Malaria, Dengue, Japanese Encephalitis (JE) and Chikungunia in the State, Director Health Services (Malaria) Satbir Chaudhry said on Wednesday.

Ahmedabad : Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is carrying out a drive to clean city ponds infested with vegetation located in different municipal zones.

These ponds are potential mosquito breeding ground. Already, AMC has cleared Chandola lake in Danilimda and two other ponds in Ramol and Sarkhej.

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PREVENTIVE MEASURE: The Coimbatore Corporation wants people in the city to allow its workers to pour larvicide in tanks to prevent mosquito breeding.

The Delhi government will soon set up a high-level committee to ensure integrated approach to tackle vector-borne diseases, particularly during monsoon in the national capital.