Pafupifupi magawo awiri mwa atatu a tizilombo toyambitsa matenda tokwana 36 tomwe timadziwika kuti ndi nkhono tithanso kupatsira anthu.
Nkhono zazikulu za ku Africa zotalika masentimita 20 zimakula kwambiri ngati ziweto ku Europe, koma asayansi aku Switzerland akuchenjeza kuti asaziweta, idatero DPA.
Nyama zikhoza kukhala zoopsa kwa anthu, mwachitsanzo ponyamula tizilombo toyambitsa matenda kuchokera ku makoswe. Izi zingayambitse meningitis mwa anthu, linatero gulu la asayansi ochokera ku yunivesite ya Lausanne m'magazini ya sayansi ya Parasites & Vectors.
Pafupifupi magawo awiri mwa atatu a tizilombo toyambitsa matenda tokwana 36 tomwe timadziwika kuti ndi nkhono tithanso kupatsira anthu. Mwa mitundu yotchuka ya terrariums ndi nkhono zazikulu zaku Africa zamtundu wa Lissachatina fulica ndi Achatina achatina.
Katswiri wina wofufuza zinthu, dzina lake Cleo Bertelsmeier, ananena mawu a payunivesiteyo kuti: “Mawayilesi ochezera a pa Intaneti ali ndi zithunzi zambiri za anthu akuika nyamayo pakhungu lawo kapenanso pakamwa pawo.
Amaphunzitsa ku Institute of Ecology and Evolution ku Faculty of Biology and Medicine. Anthu amakhulupirira kuti nkhono ndi yabwino pakhungu. Komabe, izi zimakhala ndi chiopsezo chofalitsa tizilombo toyambitsa matenda.
Bertelsmeier ndi anzake adasanthula zithunzi pawailesi yakanema kuti awone momwe nkhono zazikulu zilili ngati ziweto.
Anthu ambiri sadziwa kuopsa kwake “amene amakumana ndi mavuto amene iwowo kapena ana awo amakumana nawo akamagwira nkhono, mwachitsanzo akamaziika kumaso,” anatero wolemba mnzake Jerome Gippe.
Ofufuzawo anachenjeza kuti ngati malonda a ziweto akula, “adzapereka mwayi wowonjezera ndi kufalitsa tizilombo toyambitsa matenda kwa anthu ndi nyama zina.”
Nkhono za ku Africa zimadya ndipo zimaberekana msanga. Bungwe la International Union for Conservation of Nature laziphatikiza m’ndandanda wa zamoyo zowononga zamoyo zolusa ndipo limazifotokoza ngati tizirombo, ikukumbutsa motero DPA.
