- [Intro Jingle]
- Like it or not, we’re living in interesting times…
- Climate change, globalization and urbanization
- are creating unprecedented challenges for politicians and the people all around the world.
- One of the more dangerous challenges is the increasing range of vector-borne diseases.
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- Vectors like the mosquito species “Aedes aegypti”
- can carry and spread the diseases Dengue, Zika, Chikungunya and yellow fewer.
- Now, how do we keep them in check?
- Conventional measures of disease transmission control have two essential problems:
- They are either inefficient…or detrimental to the ecosystem and humans.
- So, we’ve decided to explore a state-of-the-art method
- that may be more efficient than a bed net, yet less harmful than extensive insecticide application:
- Nanoparticles,
- imbedded in textiles
- and paints.
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- This application ensures a slow release of repellents and insecticides in a well-controlled dosage (– protecting humans and livestock from bites).
- Our interdisciplinary approach of investigation…brings together scientists from the fields of ecology, biology, epidemiology, chemical and textile engineering and mathematics.
- In collaboration with partners from across Europe and international partner countries, we are able to approach each problem from many different perspectives.
- Together, let’s develop solutions to the challenges of our time.
- May you live in innovative times.
