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Understanding the Long-Lasting Attraction of Malaria Mosquitoes to Odor Baits
(Plos One, 2015-02-23)
The use of odor baits for surveillance and control of malaria mosquitoes requires robust dispensing tools. In this study, the residual activity of a synthetic mosquito attractant blend dispensed from nylon or low density ...
Evaluation of Textile Substrates for Dispensing Synthetic Attractants for Malaria Mosquitoes
(BMC- Parasites & Vectors, 2014-08-16)
The full-scale impact of odour-baited technology on the surveillance, sampling and control of vectors of infectious diseases is partly limited by the lack of methods for the efficient and sustainable dispensing of attractants. ...
Spatial Heterogeneity of Malaria Vectors and Malaria Transmission Risk Estimated Using Odour-Baited Mosquito Traps
(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 ...
Malaria Transmission after Artemether-Lumefantrine and Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine: A Randomized Trial
(The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2013-03-06)
Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) reduces the potential for malaria transmission
compared with non-ACTs. It is unclear whether this effect differs between ACTs.
Methods. A total of 298 children (age, 6 months ...
Residual Plasmodium falciparum Parasitemia in Kenyan Children After Artemisinin- Combination Therapy Is Associated With Increased Transmission to Mosquitoes and Parasite Recurrence
(The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2013-08-14)
Parasite clearance time after artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) may be increasing in
Asian and African settings. The association between parasite clearance following ACT and transmissibility is currently unknown. ...
Crop Damage by Granivorous Birds Despite Protection Efforts by Human Bird Scarers in a Sorghum Field in Western Kenya
(Journal of African Ornithology, 2014-11-14)
Cereal crop damage from granivorous birds poses a serious food security problem for subsistence farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. In this region, farmers may rely on human ‘bird scarers’ to limit crop damage. Here we report ...