Browsing School of Biological, Physical, Mathematics & Actuarial Sciences by Author "Homan, Tobias"
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The Effect of Mass Mosquito Trapping on Malaria Transmission and Disease Burden (Solarmal): A Stepped-Wedge Cluster-Randomised Trial
Homan, Tobias; Hiscox, Alexandra; Mweresa, Collins K. (The Lancet, 2016-09)Odour baits can attract host-seeking Anopheles mosquitoes indoors and outdoors. We assessed the effects of mass deployment of odour-baited traps on malaria transmission and disease burden. We installed solar-powered ... -
Field Evaluation of a Push-Pull System to Reduce Malaria Transmission
Menger, David J.; Omusula, Philemon; Holdinga, Maarten; Homan, Tobias; Carreira, Ana S.; Vandendaele, Patrice; Derycke, Jean-Luc; Mweresa, Collins K.; Mukabana, Wolfgang Richard; Van Loon, Joop J. A.; Takken, Willem (Plos One, 2015-04-29)Malaria continues to place a disease burden on millions of people throughout the tropics, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Although efforts to control mosquito populations and reduce human-vector contact, such as long-lasting ... -
Innovative Tools and OpenHDS for Health and Demographic Surveillance on Rusinga Island, Kenya
Homan, Tobias; Di Pasquale, Aurelio; Kiche, Ibrahim; Onoka, Kelvin; Hiscox, Alexandra; Mweresa, Collins; Mukabana, Wolfgang R.; Takken, Willem; Maire, Nicolas (BMC, 2015-09-01)Health in low and middle income countries is on one hand characterized by a high burden associated with preventable communicable diseases and on the other hand considered to be under-documented due to improper basic health ... -
Spatial Heterogeneity of Malaria Vectors and Malaria Transmission Risk Estimated Using Odour-Baited Mosquito Traps
Hiscox, Alexandra; Homan, Tobias; Vreugdenhil, Corné; Otieno, Bruno; Kibet, Anthony; Mweresa, Collins K.; Van Lammeren, Ron; Mukabana, Wolfgang R.; Takken, Willem (BMC- Malaria Journal, 2014-09-22)Prior to the commencement of a large-scale malaria intervention study on Rusinga Island, western Kenya, intensive baseline surveillance of the mosquito population was performed using odour-baited traps. The survey aimed ... -
Spatially Variable Risk Factors for Malaria in a Geographically Heterogeneous Landscape, Western Kenya: An Explorative Study
Homan, Tobias; Maire, Nicolas; Hiscox, Alexandra; Di Pasquale, Aurelio; Kiche, Ibrahim; Onoka, Kelvin; Mweresa, Collins K.; Mukabana, Wolfgang R.; Ross, Amanda; Smith, Thomas A.; Takken, Willem (Malaria Journal, 2016-06-01)Large reductions in malaria transmission and mortality have been achieved over the last decade, and this has mainly been attributed to the scale-up of long-lasting insecticidal bed nets and indoor residual spraying with ...