Vienna – The International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) will transfer to Brazil your mosquito sterilization technology ” Aedes aegypti, “virus transmitter zika , to reduce its population.
the IAEA today announced the decision after a meeting held in Brasilia, which ended last night, the Ministry of Brazilian health, which included the participation of international experts from 12 countries and the agency.
the UN nuclear agency will facilitate the Moscamed center of Juazeiro, Bahia, an irradiating range of cobalt-60, “component essential for the development of the SIT technique “(the sterile insect technology), the IAEA said in a statement.
the SIT technique is to release millions of males sterilized by radiation so that to mate with females. As these insects mate only once, this process can help reduce, and in most optimistic prospects eradicate mosquito populations.
“The irradiator would allow our facilities to create up to 12 million mosquito ‘Aedes aegypti ‘males sterilized by week, “explained the director of Moscamed, Jair Virginio, quoted today by the IAEA.
in this way, could reach up to 750,000 people in 15 municipalities in Bahia and Pernambuco, especially affected by zika virus, Virginio added.
the experts meeting in Brasilia this week agreed that the SIT technology is an effective, safe, environmentally sustainable and that allows you to control mosquito populations, allowing combat diseases transmitted by Aedes aegypti, dengue, zika and chikungunya
Topics:. IAEA , Power , nuclear energy , Infrastructure , Zika , Diseases
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