TSU is creating a device for remote monitoring of malaria mosquitoes

2020-06-16
TSU staff is developing autonomous devices for remotely determining the number and species composition of malaria vector mosquitoes. A specially trained computer model will recognize them. The need for continuous monitoring of the dangerous insects is not only because of the severity of diseases that mosquitoes can transmit but also the fact that in recent years they have been expanding their range, moving north. Installations for automatic monitoring will significantly expand the abilities of scientists and services responsible for sanitary and epidemiological control, including in countries around the world where hundreds of thousands of people die every year from malaria.

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