At the inauguration of the XIIth Joint National Conference of Indian Society for Malaria and other Communicable Diseases on Friday. ExpressAt the entomology laboratory of Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), scientists have found promising larvicidal agents in common plants that can control the deadly dengue-causing mosquito. While the armed forces strategy to tame this tiger mosquito has helped bring down the number of dengue cases, at AFMC, researchers tried to test botanical methods of controlling this vector-borne disease. These plant extracts were tested against laboratory-bred mosquito larvae and wild mosquito larvae at the entomology laboratory at the AFMC. In his presentation, “Taming the Tiger Mosquito: The Armed Forces Strategy”, Brig A K Jindal, Deputy Director General, food inspection, Army HQ, New Delhi, said that they have adopted a proactive strategy.

Source: Indian Express September 02, 2017 02:26 UTC