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University of Florida mosquito researchers are watching with a wary eye as dengue makes a return to the state after more than 50 years. Twenty cases of locally transmitted dengue have already been confirmed in Key West.  And Monroe County officials have issued a health alert and launched an education campaign urging residents to eliminate water sources in and around their homes where mosquitoes can breed.

 The last big dengue epidemic in Florida in 1934 left more than 25,000 Floridians ill, which is why health officials are currently urging residents to take appropriate precautions now. 

Read more about home  mosquito control and how to get  rid of those possible breeding sites to avoid a yard full of biting insects and reduce the risk from the diseases they carry.

Weapon of Mosquito Destruction

When American rocket scientists proposed the ‘Star Wars’ defense system to knock Soviet missiles from the skies with laser beams, little did they realize that 25 years later scientists would be aiming their lasers at another airborne threat – the mosquito.  The Cold War missile-defense strategy has been reborn according to an article published in the Wall Street Journal (March 14, 2009). Now dubbed WMD, or Weapon of Mosquito Destruction, this time round the scientists’ actual target is malaria.  Transmitted by the Anopheles mosquito, malaria kills between one and three million people worldwide each year according to the World Health Organization (WHO).  The plasmodium parasite that causes malaria has become increasingly drug resistant prompting scientists to look at new ways to combat the killer disease.

Efforts to eradicate malaria had stalled until high-profile philanthropist Bill Gates of Microsoft Corp focused worldwide attention on mosquito-borne diseases, and re-launched the war on Malaria.   Grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are designed to encourage scientists to pursue bold ideas that could lead to breakthroughs, focusing on ways to prevent and treat infectious diseases. 

The laser research, funded by Gates, was commissioned by Intellectual Ventures, a Washington-based company founded by former Microsoft executive, Joseph Myhrvold.   He’d been asked by his former boss Bill Gates to look into new ways of combating malaria.  Myhrvold, together with astrophysicist and ‘Star Wars’ architect, Dr Lowell Wood, came up with the idea of using lasers on mosquitoes.  The laser is designed to detect the audio frequency of beating wings, zero in on the bug and burn it on the spot, according to project lead scientist Dr Jordin Kare.  The lasers, designed to be mounted on lamppost type poles could be put around the circumference of villages to create a kind of ‘fence’ against mosquitoes.   ”We like to think back then we made some contribution to the ending of the Cold War with the Star Wars program,” Dr. Kare says. “Now we’re just trying to make a dent in a war that’s actually gone on a lot longer and claimed a lot more lives,” he told the Wall Street Journal. (March 14, 2009)

Genetically Modified Mosquitoes

Scientists everywhere are experimenting with new ways of putting paid to mosquitoes, with weapons that disrupt the sense of sight, smell and heat mosquitoes use to find their prey.  

• Thomas Baker at Pennsylvania State University is exploring whether malaria-carrying mosquitoes can be infected with a fungus that would act like a cold, suppressing the sense of smell that they use to find people as sources of blood.
   
• Szabolcs Marka, an astrophysicist and Columbia University specialist in black holes, has a grant to develop a ‘mosquito flashlight’.  The device is designed to knock out the bugs’ eye-like sensors.   
• Japanese researcher, Hiroyuki Matsuoka at Jichi Medical University, thinks it may be possible to turn mosquitoes that normally transmit disease into ‘flying syringes,’ so that when they bite humans they deliver vaccines. 

There’s even a project to create a genetically modified, malaria-free mosquito to overtake the natural kind. 

Protective Measures

However, one sure way to prevent the spread of mosquito-borne diseases including malaria is to get rid of the mosquito population.

While eradicating all the mosquitoes in the world with devices like lasers sounds like a great idea, it’s still a long way off.  Taking protective measures against mosquitoes is currently the best solution.

Some of the most effective ways to protect yourself include:

• Empty any freestanding water since it’s an ideal breeding ground for mosquitoes.
• Wear protective clothing such as long sleeves and pants when outdoors in mosquito prone areas
• Use mosquito screens and nets in and around the home
• Wear insect repellant
• Use mosquito traps in outdoor areas.

While sprays, repellents and citronella candles can be effective, they offer only temporary relief.  A good mosquito trap is probably the most effective, and best available long-term solution for getting rid of mosquitoes.  Daily trapping during the season will interrupt breeding cycles, dramatically reducing mosquito populations.

There are more than 3,500 species of mosquitoes, 175 of them in the U.S.   Each species is unique and each is attracted by different combinations of sensory stimuli including; light, shape, color, heat, movement, sweat and other by products of human activity.  Mega-Catch™ mosquito traps have exploited these sensory signals by using sophisticated electronic components and advanced design features, to make their traps highly effective at catching and killing mosquitoes.

The most common, and most dangerous mosquitoes, are the various species in the Culex, Anopheles, and Aedes genera.  Worldwide Aedes mosquitoes feed on people, bite during the day and rely more on sight when seeking a meal. Culex mosquitoes usually prefer birds, when they’re available, hunt at night and track prey by smell.

Tested and Proven Mosquito Killer

“You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to catch mosquitoes.” says Mega-Catch General Manager Mike Bremner, “We didn’t invent the mosquito trap, just perfected it.”

The company appears to have hit on a winning formula – combining painstaking research with technological innovation, to build a range of mosquito traps, scientifically proven to capture and kill thousands of mosquitoes a night.  And what’s even better, Mega-Catch™ traps are available right now.

The company currently produces three models of mosquito trap – the ULTRA, PREMIER and ALPHA – as well as spare parts and a range of accessory items under the Mega-Catch™ brand.  Orders are dispatched from a fulfillment house in Denver, Colorado.

Mega-Catch™  with its range of safe, non-toxic and eco-friendly mosquito traps is looking to expand its U.S. operation through retail outlets and its network of Drop Ship Dealers, which currently includes Homedepot.com, Costco.com and Frontgate.com.

The company is currently looking for qualified manufacturers’ representatives with proven experience selling in the lawn and garden category.  A number of territories are currently available including;  Louisiana, New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Colorado. So if you are an established manufacturer’s rep with complimentary lines, or a primary interest in green living products, and you would like to add the Mega-Catch™ range of mosquito traps and accessories, send your inquiry to: info@megacatch.com

Good Neighbor Day.  It’s definitely a good thing.  Being good neighbors is an important part of the social fiber that makes America so great. 

So say thank you to a good neighbor and be one yourself.  Nominate your neighbor for one of Mega-Catch™’s top performing Premier Mosquito Traps (MSRP $249.00) and win an Alpha Trap (MSRP $99.00) for yourself – because the more traps in your street the better. 

We know that mosquitoes will travel to get blood.  There are over 3,500 mosquito species worldwide with 175 of them in the U.S.  Your yard could harbor as many as 30 different species while your neighbor’s yard 300 feet away might have completely different species. 

For details on how to enter go to : http://www.mommypr.com/?p=8733

August 20 is observed annually as World Mosquito Day.  It was originated in 1897 by Dr Ronald Ross of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and marks his discovery of the transmission of malaria by mosquitoes. He was later honored with a Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1902.

Malaria – The Facts (source WHO)

• Malaria strikes hundreds of millions of people each year and kills more than 880,000, mostly children under five. 
• It is the world’s third-deadliest infectious disease, behind Aids and tuberculosis.
• Global malaria hotspots include South and Central America, rural Southeast Asia and much of Africa, where most deaths from the disease occur.
• Malaria is caused by a parasite called Plasmodium, carried in the saliva of female mosquitoes.
• When an infected insect bites a person, the parasites travel to the liver, multiply and enter the bloodstream.
• The parasites attack red blood cells, causing them to stick to the walls of capillaries, slowing blood flow.
• Without treatment sufferers can die from organ failure.

Disease Eradication in Doubt

Malaria is found most often in warm climates and while common in Africa, Asia, South America and the South Pacific, has been reported in Europe and N. America as well. With climate change and global warming, there’s the danger that malaria may not be eradicated, but in fact, could make a comeback. Notable rises in other mosquito-borne diseases like Dengue fever, Chikungunya fever and West Nile Virus have also been recorded in Italy, Australia and the U.S.

Disease Prevention
The best way to prevent mosquito-borne diseases is by taking personal precautions like wearing insect repellent, and reducing the number of mosquitoes around the home with products like mosquito traps. When set up properly, just one or two traps have the potential to kill thousands of mosquitoes. And at those rates it only takes about two months to collapse a local mosquito population, reducing the risk of West Nile virus or any other mosquito-borne illness.

There are two ways you can make money with Mega-Catch™: 

1. Approved Affiliate Program

Simply promote Mega-Catch™ products on an approved website and earn commission for the sales generated.  Commission is calculated on all confirmed sales generated by the Affiliate’s website.  Turn valuable website traffic into income now by joining the Mega-Catch™ Approved Affiliate Program.  Find out more @ http://www.megacatch.com/affiliates.html

2. Approved Drop Ship Dealer Program

Mega-Catch™ also offers a drop ship dealer program for on-line sales.  Just some of the benefits offered approved Dealers include:

• Products purchased at wholesale prices
• Shipping arranged direct to the customer

More info & application form available on-line:  http://www.megacatch.com/dealers.html

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