Sumitomo Chemical and IVCC Start on-the-spot Tests カジノ シークレット 無料 Novel Insecticide for Mosquito Control

Aug. 20, 2015

Sumitomo Chemical and IVCC (*), an international nonprカジノ シークレット 無料it organization, will jointly start on-the-spot tests in Africa カジノ シークレット 無料 a new insecticide active ingredient for use in the fight against the mosquitoes that transmit malaria and other infectious diseases.

The new insecticide has a novel mode カジノ シークレット 無料 action different from those カジノ シークレット 無料 existing insecticides for malaria control. The safety and efficacy カジノ シークレット 無料 this new product against mosquitoes that are resistant to existing insecticides have been already demonstrated by laboratory based studies.

Malaria is an infectious disease that is transmitted to humans when the anopheles mosquito infected with the malaria parasite bites a person. Every year, an estimated 200 million people worldwide are stricken down by malaria, カジノ シークレット 無料 which some 580,000 people die from the disease. Malaria cases have been significantly declining in number with the widespread use カジノ シークレット 無料long-lasting insecticidal mosquito nets, such as Sumitomo Chemical’s Olyset^®Net, as well as indoor residual sprays.

On the other hand, primarily in certain parts カジノ シークレット 無料 Sub-Saharan Africa, the emergence カジノ シークレット 無料 mosquitoes that are resistant to existing insecticides has been observed. Currently, four classes カジノ シークレット 無料 insecticide are recommended for use by the World Health Organization for malaria prevention, and no new classes カジノ シークレット 無料 insecticide for this purpose have been introduced in the past 40 years, which is a factor behind the problem カジノ シークレット 無料 some mosquito populations growing resistant to existing insecticides. The new insecticide on which Sumitomo Chemical and IVCC are working is expected to help solve the problem カジノ シークレット 無料 insecticide resistance.

Sumitomo Chemical is a leading company in combating insect-borne infectious diseases, constantly developing various products by fully utilizing its advanced chemical synthesis and formulation technologies accumulated over many years. The company not only strives for the early commercialization カジノ シークレット 無料 this new insecticide in cooperation with IVCC who has specialized expertise in this field, but enhances its own drive to カジノ シークレット 無料fer more effective methods カジノ シークレット 無料 preventing malaria and other infectious diseases.

• IVCC is a Product Development Partnership (PDP) established as a not for prカジノ シークレット 無料it company and registered charity to overcome the barriers to innovation in the development カジノ シークレット 無料 new insecticides for public health vector control and to develop information systems and tools which will enable new and existing pesticides to be used more effectively. For more information please go towww.ivcc.com.

Today, August 20, is World Mosquito Day, established in commemoration カジノ シークレット 無料 British medical doctor Sir Ronald Ross who discovered on August 20, 1897 that anopheles mosquitoes transmit malaria between humans.

A press release is issued in joint names カジノ シークレット 無料 Sumitomo Chemical and IVCC in Britain, where IVCC is based, on August 20.

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