- Title: INDIA: UNIQUE MUSEUM IN SOUTHERN INDIA HOUSES OVER 200 MOSQUITO SPECIES
- Date: 27th February 2005
- Summary: (L!1) MADURAI, INDIA (FEBRUARY 27, 2005) (ANI) SLV EXTERIOR OF THE CENTRE FOR RESEARCH MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY SIGNBOARD INSIDE THE MUSEUM WHICH HOUSES MORE THAN 200 SPECIES OF MOSQUITOES (2 SHOTS) A MAN TAKING OUT A BOX FROM A DRAWER WHICH HAS SAMPLES OF MOSQUITOES (2 SHOTS) VARIOUS OF THE MOSQUITO SPECIMENS PINNED AND KEPT IN A GLASS BOX (6 SHOTS) A MAN STUDYING (2 SHOTS) MORE OF THE RESEARCH WORK IN PROGRESS MCU (English) DR. S.C. TEWARI, MUSEUM INCHARGE AND RESEARCH OFFICER, SAYING: "All together we have more than 200 species of mosquitoes. Not all of them are disease carrier, I mean from the point of view of humans, they are not dangerous. But essentially, this can become as a referral centre. Somebody who wants to work on mosquitoes, then can refer where the original mosquitoes are. These mosquitoes are pinned here. Anyone can refer it. Secondly, these material, we have used for training purpose. We train the staff of the state health departments for public health purposes. So who to identify, cannot identify the criminals, So you have to identify the mosquito which is the disease carrier. We train the people here by using referral mosquito specimens." MORE OF THE SPECIES OF MOSQUITOES (2 SHOTS)
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- Location: MADURAI, TAMIL NADU, INDIA
- Country: India
- Topics: Nature / Environment,Health,Human Interest / Brights / Odd News,Science
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- Story Text: Unique museum in southern India houses over 200 mosquito species.
A one of kind, mosquito museum in Madurai town of southern Tamil Nadu state displays a collection of more than 200 species of mosquitoes found in India.
Touted to be the largest collection of mosquito species in the country, the museum is the result of more than a decade of long survey.
The systematic study was carried out between 1985 and 1996 in the southern states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka.
The museum also doubles up as an excellent referral centre housing research material for students of mosquitology.
"Altogether we have more than 200 species of mosquitoes. Not all of them are disease carriers, I mean from the point of view of humans, they are not dangerous.
But essentially, this can become as a referral centre.
Somebody who wants to work on mosquitoes, they can refer where the original mosquitoes are. These mosquitoes are pinned here. Anyone can refer it. Secondly, these materials, we have used for training purpose. We train the staff of the state health departments for public health purposes. So who to identify, cannot identify the criminals, So you have to identify the mosquito which is the disease carrier. We train the people here by using referral mosquito specimens," said Dr. S.C. Tewari, Museum incharge and research officer.
The objective of the museum is to update knowledge regarding the fauna where mosquitoes thrive.
Deforestation has produced new breeding grounds for disease spreading mosquitoes.
Studies reveal that every 1 per cent increase in deforestation increases the number of malaria-bearing mosquitoes by 8 per cent.
Globally, more than 3,000 species of mosquitoes are found of which more than 350 species exist in India.
There are four species in India which are the main cause of concern from health point of view. These are Anopheles, Mansonoides, Culex and Aedes that lead to diseases like malaria, filariasis and even dengue. - Copyright Holder: ANI (India)
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