{"id":20648,"date":"2011-01-03T08:30:06","date_gmt":"2011-01-03T16:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=20648"},"modified":"2011-01-03T08:44:33","modified_gmt":"2011-01-03T16:44:33","slug":"stinky-trash-trap-could-slow-dengue-fever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=20648","title":{"rendered":"Stinky Trash Trap Could Slow Dengue Fever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/mosquito-trap-101230-02.jpg\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/mosquito-trap-101230-02.jpg','popup','width=650,height=446,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/mosquito-trap-101230-02-tm.jpg\" height=\"137\" width=\"200\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\"Mosquito-Trap-101230-02\" \/><\/a>The world-wide fight against <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.who.int\/mediacentre\/factsheets\/fs117\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dengue Fever<\/a><\/strong> (the disease that <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aspworldtour.com\/2010\/11\/03\/world-champion-andy-irons-passes-away\/\" target=\"_blank\">some suggest may have killed Andy Irons<\/a><\/strong>) could get a huge boost if scientists at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/tulane.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tulane University<\/a><\/strong> are right about their newly designed trap that kills pregnant mosquitos, according to a story on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5721996\/device-may-stop-dengue-fever-by-slaughtering-pregnant-mosquitos?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gizmodo%2Ffull+%28Gizmodo%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\" target=\"_blank\">io9.com<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Recently researchers developed a low-tech device shaped like a trash can and doused with a chemical mixture that smells like the decaying matter which draws pregnant mosquitos in. Inside, the mosquitos land on insecticidal fabric, which kills them and any eggs they&#8217;ve laid.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If they work these little stinky trash cans seems like a nice addition to the traveling surfer&#8217;s quiver.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[Link: <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.livescience.com\/php\/multimedia\/imagedisplay\/img_display.php?s=animals&amp;c=news&amp;l=on&amp;pic=mosquito-trap-101230-02.jpg&amp;cap=Tropical+medicine+expert+Dawn+Wesson+demonstrates+a+trap+designed+to+lure+and+kill+pregnant+mosquitos.+Credit%3A+Tulane+University.&amp;title=\" target=\"_blank\" title=\" target=\">Live Science<\/a><\/strong><strong> via <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5721996\/device-may-stop-dengue-fever-by-slaughtering-pregnant-mosquitos?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gizmodo%2Ffull+%28Gizmodo%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\" target=\"_blank\">io9.com<\/a><\/strong><strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world-wide fight against Dengue Fever (the disease that some suggest may have killed Andy Irons) could get a huge boost if scientists at Tulane University are right about their newly designed trap that kills pregnant mosquitos, according to a story on io9.com. Recently researchers developed a low-tech device shaped like a trash can and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20648"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20648"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20653,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20648\/revisions\/20653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}