Kutholwe uhlobo oluyingozi lomiyane olusongela ukusabalalisa umalaleveva e-Kenya.
Umiyane i-vector ebizwa ngokuthi i-Anopheles stephensi itholakale ezindaweni zasemadolobheni nasezindaweni zasemakhaya.
Laba omiyane batholwe abacwaningi abavela e-Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) ezifundeni zase-Laisamis, e-Saku kanye nasenyakatho ye-Marsabit.
USam Kariuki oyibamba likamqondisi we-Kemri, uthe unovalo lokuthi ukufika komiyane kungase kwenyuse kakhulu ukusabalala kukamalaleveva ezwenikazi lonke.
Ngokungafani nabanye omiyane e-Afrika, ukugcwala nokuhlala kwabo kwenziwa isimo semvula kanti i-Anopheles stephensi isabalalisa amagciwane kamalaleveva unyaka wonke.
UKariuki uthe ucwaningo lwabo luveze ukuthi igciwane elisha elingafani nomiyane bendabuko ababanga umalaleveva aligcini nje ngokuhlasela, kodwa lisabalala ezindaweni ezahlukene.
Laba omiyane bahlala ezindaweni ezinamathayi, amathange avulekile, imisele yendle, amathange ashisayo kanye nasezindaweni ezingcolile.
UKemri uzibandakanye ekugadeni izifunda ezisengozini ye-Anopheles stephensi ukuze anqume izinga lokusatshalaliswa kwama-vector kanye namazinga okusuleleka komiyane.
“Sicela abasebenzi kanye nomphakathi ukuthi baqhubeke nokusebenzisa amathuluzi okulawula umalaleveva atholakalayo njengokusebenzisa amanethi omiyane nezinto ezixosha omiyane.” Kufanele bagqoke izingubo ezinemikhono emide ukuze bagweme ukulunywa omiyane.
I-Anopheles stephensi ngaphambilini bekwaziwa ukuthi ivela futhi iletha umalaleveva e-South-East Asia, e-Middle East, nase-Arabian Peninsula yase-Arabia.
Kodwa lolu hlobo belusabalala ezindaweni eziningi kule minyaka eyishumi edlule okubalwa i-Djibouti (2012), i-Ethiopia kanye ne-Sudan (2016), i-Somalia (2019) kanye ne-Nigeria (2020).
I-Kenya yenze intuthuko enkulu ekulweni nomalaleveva, kodwa lesi sifo sisawumthwalo ohlelweni lwezempilo ezweni.
Udaba luvezwe i-All Africa.
Luhlanganiswe nguMashudu Mabila