Advancing enhanced biosecurity of major arboviral and other vector-borne diseases in Australia through near infrared spectroscopy technology

蚊子和蜱传播的传染病对澳大利亚的生物安全构成重大健康威胁。目前这些病原体的检测方法昂贵、耗时，并且需要训练有素的人员。我们建议进行一组实验，以测试一种创新的，基于红外线的真实的时间技术，以识别受感染的蚊子和蜱虫，并证明其作为针对这些病原体的病媒控制计划的监测工具的能力。

Infectious diseases transmitted by mosquitoes and ticks represent a significant health threat to the Australian biosecurity. Current detection methods for these pathogens are expensive, time consuming and require highly trained personnel. We propose to conduct a set of experiments to test an innovative, real time technique based on infrared light to identify infected mosquitoes and ticks and demonstrate its capacity as surveillance tool for vector control programs against these pathogens.