Japan has found a killer for dengue larvae

Kuyshu Medical, a Japanese biotechnology company, has found a drug that kills mosquito larvae up to 90%, eliminating the risk of dengue fever.

According to sources from Nikei Asian Review, Kuyshu Medical - a small Japanese biotech company, successfully extracted tablet-based drugs that can kill mosquito larvae, the drug is called Mosnon . The company is looking for a market for itself in Indonesia, where the number of dengue cases increases dramatically. For the use of this drug, just drop the tablet into the water, where the mosquito lays eggs, and it will kill more than 90% of the larvae. In particular, the chemicals in this medicine are harmless to humans, even when mistakenly loaded into the body.

Medication form tablets Mosnon ability to kill mosquito larvae.

Researchers from Kyushu Medical have extracted the drug from a microorganism that they accidentally caught in the mangrove forest of Iriomote Island, southwest of Okinawa, Japan. The company says only one tablet dissolved in 200 liters of water will still be effective in killing mosquitoes in 2-3 weeks.It is capable of killing Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes - two types of mosquitoes carrying dengue fever.

Researchers at Indonesia's Bogor Agricultural University tested the tablet in 200 liters of water containing several hundred mosquito larvae. And just as the company presented, it killed more than 90% of mosquito larvae within 6 hours.

Kyushu Medical tried this product at 250 households in the Indonesian city of Surabava. They asked people to drop Mosnon into their outdoor water containers once a week, knowing that rainwater containers are considered a major factor in dengue in this country.

It kills more than 90% of mosquito larvae within 6 hours.

After the trial, the company said the larvae were completely removed in 99% of the trial households within 2 months.

Regarding dengue problems in Indonesia, Kyushu said that in 2016, 202,000 patients had this disease, doubling the number of 100,000 cases recorded in 2014.

At Kitakyushu City headquarters in southwestern Japan, the company began offering prototypes in September. Soon, they will begin selling 10 and 200 tablets through chain stores. for about 40 yen (about 8,000 VND) per tablet.

In addition, the company is also involved in the bidding process of selecting pest control providers for local health agencies, which are expected to begin this month. If selected, Kyushu Medical will start supplying Indonesia with Mosnon in the 2018 rainy season.