The new method is based on the use of corn starch granules with the essential oil of thyme, an agent that kills the larvae of the species without being toxic to other living things
RIO DE JANEIRO._ Researchers at the University of Campinas, in Brazil, developed a new technology aimed at preventing the proliferation of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, a carrier of dangerous viruses such as Zika, Dengue, Chikungunya, and Yellow Fever, reports the Channel or Globe.
The new method is based on the use of corn starch granules with the essential oil of thyme, an agent that kills the larvae of the species without being toxic to other living things.
In addition to lasting up to five cycles of rain, the granules are cheap and can be produced on a large scale, the researchers say.
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– The new method of researchers at the University of Campinas, in Brazil, is based on the use of corn starch granules with the essential oil of thyme, an agent that kills the larvae of the species without being toxic to others.
Rain cycles can last the granules against the larva
They prevent in Guasave dengue, zika, and chikungunya
In Mexico there are 42 people killed by dengue in the year and the government has not bought insecticides to avoid more cases
Source: ap
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