MCD

A low cost Mosquito Contamination Device for sustainable malaria mosquito control

 Coordinatore IN2CARE BV INNOVATIVE INSECT CONTROL & APPLICATION RESEARCH 

 Organization address address: COSTERWEG 5
city: WAGENINGEN
postcode: 6702 AA

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Remco
Cognome: Suer
Email: send email
Telefono: +31 317 769018

 Nazionalità Coordinatore Netherlands [NL]
 Sito del progetto http://www.mcdproject.org/the-mcd-project/
 Totale costo 6˙576˙806 €
 EC contributo 5˙212˙772 €
 Programma FP7-HEALTH
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Health
 Code Call FP7-HEALTH-2012-INNOVATION-1
 Funding Scheme CP-FP
 Anno di inizio 2012
 Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) 2012-12-01   -   2015-11-30

 Partecipanti

# participant  country  role  EC contrib. [€] 
1    IN2CARE BV INNOVATIVE INSECT CONTROL & APPLICATION RESEARCH

 Organization address address: COSTERWEG 5
city: WAGENINGEN
postcode: 6702 AA

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Remco
Cognome: Suer
Email: send email
Telefono: +31 317 769018

NL (WAGENINGEN) coordinator 1˙198˙500.00
2    IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE TRUST

 Organization address address: POBOX
city: DAR ES SALAAM

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Ladslaus
Cognome: Mnyone
Email: send email
Telefono: 255787000000
Fax: 255233000000

TZ (DAR ES SALAAM) participant 1˙512˙700.00
3    BIOGENTS AG

 Organization address address: WEISSENBURGSTRASSE 22
city: Regensburg
postcode: 93055

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Andreas
Cognome: Rose
Email: send email
Telefono: +49 941 5699 3107
Fax: +49 941 5699 2168

DE (Regensburg) participant 1˙033˙200.00
4    The Pennsylvania State University

 Organization address address: Technology Center Bldg. 110
city: University Park
postcode: 16802

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: David
Cognome: Richardson
Email: send email
Telefono: +814 865 1372

US (University Park) participant 949˙632.50
5    CTF 2000 NV

 Organization address address: BAAIKENSSTRAAT 11
city: ZELE
postcode: 9240

contact info
Titolo: Mrs.
Nome: Natacha
Cognome: Janssens
Email: send email
Telefono: +32 52458540

BE (ZELE) participant 518˙740.00

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lure    fungus    vector    source    environment    malaria    infect    outdoor    resting    mosquito    mcds    mcd    contaminate   

 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Our consortium will focus on the integration of four novel control components in a low-tech (no power source, no need for CO2) and cheap mosquito contamination device (MCD) that will a) lure malaria mosquitoes to an attractive point source, b) infect them there with a fungus as a slow-killing agent, and c) expose them to a juvenile hormone analogue with which they will contaminate their breeding sites and kill mosquito larvae. This is unique because it will be the first vector control tool that targets both adult and larval mosquito stages simultaneously with environment-friendly control agents. We foresee the use of MCDs mostly in the outdoor environment where they will lure, infect, and contaminate host-seeking and resting females. Together with the excito-repellent properties of insecticides used for indoor spraying and bednet impregnation, and possibly spatial repellents, MCDs will serve within a push-pull framework. We aim to develop a low-cost MCD that operates uninterrupted and without maintenance for prolonged periods of. MCDs will be highly useful in areas where insecticide-resistance is hampering the effectiveness of current vector control tools and where behavioural adaptation of mosquito populations has shifted towards outdoor resting and biting. Our goal is to have several prototypes of MCDs in an advanced stage of development and ready for industrial production at the end of this 3-year project. By then, extensive (semi-)field testing in Tanzania and various other countries will have been completed. This proposal brings together a unique mix of business-oriented and academic/institutional partners with a broad range of expertises in fungus and mosquito biology, mosquito behaviour, trapping technology, materials sciences and entrepreneurial interests. We will synergise our abilities to make substantial progress to achieve our goal: to add a novel, effective, and economic alternative to the limited vector control toolbox available to combat malaria.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

EU funding is backing the development of the most comprehensive toolkit to date to control the notorious malaria vector, the mosquito.

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