{"id":614117,"date":"2024-03-24T22:58:59","date_gmt":"2024-03-24T19:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/race-is-on-to-make-paris-olympics-mosquito-free\/"},"modified":"2024-03-24T22:58:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T19:58:59","slug":"race-is-on-to-make-paris-olympics-mosquito-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/race-is-on-to-make-paris-olympics-mosquito-free\/","title":{"rendered":"#Race is on to make Paris Olympics mosquito-free"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a39a083c9ed3\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a39a083c9ed3\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/race-is-on-to-make-paris-olympics-mosquito-free\/#%E2%80%98Citizens_mobilization\" >&#8216;Citizens&#8217; mobilization&#8217;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2013\/asiantigermo.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2013\/asiantigermo.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"This is an Aedes albopictus female mosquito obtaining a blood meal from a human host. Credit: CDC\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2013\/asiantigermo.jpg\" alt=\"Asian tiger mosquito\" title=\"This is an Aedes albopictus female mosquito obtaining a blood meal from a human host. Credit: CDC\" width=\"500\" height=\"339\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                This is an Aedes albopictus female mosquito obtaining a blood meal from a human host. Credit: CDC<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>France is scrambling to make sure that that virus-carrying tiger mosquitos, a growing menace in Europe, don&#8217;t spoil the Paris Olympics for athletes and fans, with millions of visitors due in the French capital for the summer <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Game<\/a>s.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                                                                    The Asian tiger mosquito has made its home in much of northern Europe, including France, over the past two decades, spreading diseases such as dengue, chikungunya and zika.<\/p>\n<p>Climate change is said to be behind its easy adaptation to colder climes, with authorities recently declaring Normandy in the northwest, the last remaining mosquito-free region in all of France, infested just like the rest of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have tried in vain to get rid of the insects, including by fumigating parts of Paris, a technique regularly used in tropical cities.<\/p>\n<p>But with the start of the Paris Games only four months away, they are on the clock, with experts warning that a tiger mosquito bite could destroy an athlete&#8217;s chance of making it to the starting line.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When you are sick with dengue, you won&#8217;t be jumping over any hurdles,&#8221; said Didier Fontenille, an entomologist and expert on vector-borne diseases.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The host cities and especially the Olympic Village must be kept mosquito-free,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Citizens_mobilization\"><\/span>&#8216;Citizens&#8217; mobilization&#8217;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Health authorities have promised &#8220;increased surveillance&#8221; of the mosquito threat, which has been notoriously difficult to eliminate.<\/p>\n<p>France reported 45 dengue cases last year, attributed to local virus transmission.<\/p>\n<p>Tiger mosquitoes are h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>iest in cities, where an abundant presence of stagnant water creates ideal conditions for laying their eggs.<\/p>\n<p>Fontenille said dealing with stagnant water would &#8220;take care of 80 percent of the problem&#8221; if there was a &#8220;citizens&#8217; mobilization&#8221; to clean up even smallest amounts of water left in flower bowls or saucers.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                                        <!-- Google middle Adsense block --><\/p>\n<p>                                                                                                                                            For the rest, he said, repellents, mosquito nets and organic insecticides used on mosquito larvae could be effective.<\/p>\n<p>Mosquito traps also show promise, using simulated human body odors to attract, and then kill, the mosquitoes.<\/p>\n<p>A variation consists of fooling the insects into laying their eggs in the trap, where they are destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>Biogents, a specialist firm, said it won a public bid to protect the Marseille Marina, site of sailing competitions, with its plan to install 15 traps.<\/p>\n<p>Co-manager Hugo Plan said they would be set up next month, spread over one hectare &#8220;in greenery and in shaded, humid areas&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>During the Games, staff will regularly check the metal boxes that are 80 centimeters (31.5 inches) high, he said.<\/p>\n<p>The fight against tiger mosquitoes is a flourishing business, with Qista, another French specialist firm, saying it had put up 13,000 anti-insect installations in 26 countries over the past decade.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers are meanwhile working on DNA modification and sterilization to diminish the mosquito population.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n                                                \u00a9 2024 AFP\n                                            <\/p>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>                                                 <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                                 Race is on to make Paris Olympics mosquito-free (2024, March 24)<br \/>\n                                                 retrieved 24 March 2024<br \/>\n                                                 from https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\/2024-03-paris-olympics-mosquito-free.html<\/p>\n<p>                                            This document is subject to copyright. 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