Masu bincike a Jami'ar Kudancin Florida sun yi amfani da basirar wucin gadi don haɓakawatarkon sauroda fatan amfani da su a kasashen ketare domin hana yaduwar cutar zazzabin cizon sauro.
TAMPA - Za a yi amfani da wani sabon tarko mai wayo ta amfani da bayanan sirri don bin diddigin sauro da ke yada cutar zazzabin cizon sauro a Afirka. Haƙiƙa ce ta wasu masu bincike biyu daga Jami'ar Kudancin Florida.
"Ina nufin, sauro su ne dabbobin da suka fi mutuwa a duniya. Waɗannan su ne ainihin alluran hypodermic da ke yada cututtuka," in ji Ryan Carney, mataimakin farfesa na kimiyyar dijital a Sashen Haɗin Halitta a Jami'ar Kudancin Florida.
Sauro mai ɗauke da zazzabin cizon sauro, Anopheles Stephensi, shine abin da Carney da Sriram Chellappan, farfesa na kimiyyar kwamfuta da injiniya suka mayar da hankali a Jami'ar Kudancin Florida. Suna fatan yaki da cutar zazzabin cizon sauro a kasashen waje da kuma hada kai don samar da wayo, tarko na wucin gadi don gano sauro. An shirya yin amfani da waɗannan tarko a Afirka.
Yadda tarko mai wayo ke aiki: Na farko, sauro suna tashi ta ramin sannan su sauka a kan wani katako mai ɗaki wanda ke jan hankalin su. Kamarar da ke ciki sai ta ɗauki hoton sauro ta loda hoton zuwa gajimare. Masu binciken za su yi amfani da algorithms na koyon injin da yawa a kai don fahimtar wane irin sauro ne ko ainihin nau'insa. Ta wannan hanyar, masana kimiyya za su iya gano inda sauro da suka kamu da zazzabin cizon sauro ke zuwa.
"Wannan na nan take, kuma lokacin da aka gano sauron zazzabin cizon sauro, ana iya isar da wannan bayanin ga jami'an kiwon lafiyar jama'a a kusan lokaci," in ji Chelapan. "Wadannan sauro suna da wasu wuraren da suke son kiwo. Idan za su iya lalata wuraren kiwo, to, za a iya iyakance adadinsu a matakin gida."
"Yana iya ƙunsar harsashi. Yana iya hana yaduwar ƙwayoyin cuta da kuma ceton rayuka," in ji Chelapan.
Zazzabin cizon sauro na kamuwa da miliyoyin mutane duk shekara, kuma Jami'ar Kudancin Florida na aiki tare da wani dakin gwaje-gwaje a Madagascar don kafa tarko.
"Fiye da mutane 600,000 ke mutuwa kowace shekara. Yawancinsu yara ne 'yan kasa da shekaru biyar," in ji Carney. "Saboda haka zazzabin cizon sauro babbar matsala ce kuma matsalar lafiya a duniya."
Aikin yana samun tallafin dala miliyan 3.6 daga Cibiyar Kula da Allergy da Cututtuka ta Cibiyar Lafiya ta Kasa. Aiwatar da aikin a Afirka zai kuma taimaka wajen gano sauro masu dauke da zazzabin cizon sauro a kowane yanki.
"Ina tsammanin shari'o'i bakwai a Sarasota (County) suna nuna barazanar cutar zazzabin cizon sauro. Ba a taba yada cutar zazzabin cizon sauro a cikin Amurka ba a cikin shekaru 20 da suka gabata," in ji Carney. "Ba mu da Anopheles Stephensi a nan har yanzu. . Idan wannan ya faru, zai bayyana a gabarmu, kuma za mu kasance a shirye mu yi amfani da fasahar mu don ganowa da lalata ta."
Smart Trap zai yi aiki hannu da hannu tare da riga an ƙaddamar da gidan yanar gizon sa ido na duniya. Wannan yana ba 'yan ƙasa damar ɗaukar hotunan sauro tare da loda su a matsayin wata hanya ta gano su. Carney ya ce yana shirin jigilar tarkon zuwa Afirka a karshen wannan shekara.
"Shirin da nake da shi shi ne in je Madagascar da watakila Mauritius kafin damina a karshen shekara, sa'an nan kuma a kan lokaci za mu aika da dawo da wasu na'urori don mu iya sa ido kan wuraren," in ji Carney.
Lokacin aikawa: Nuwamba-08-2024