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Use of Semiochemicals for Surveillance and Control of Hematophagous Insects
(Chemoecology, 2020-06-23)
Reliance on broad-spectrum insecticides and chemotherapeutic agents to control hematophagous insect vectors, and their related diseases is threatened by increasing insecticide and drug resistance, respectively. Thus, ...
The Effect of Mass Mosquito Trapping on Malaria Transmission and Disease Burden (Solarmal): A Stepped-Wedge Cluster-Randomised Trial
(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 ...
Independent and Interactive Effect of Plant and Mammalian Based Odors on The Response of the Malaria Vector, Anopheles Gambiae.
(Science Direct, 2018-05-02)
Several studies have shown that odors of plant and animal origin can be developed into lures for use in surveillance of mosquito vectors of infectious diseases. However, the effect of combining plant- and mammalian-derived ...
Enhancing Attraction of African Malaria Vectors to a Synthetic Odor Blend
(SpringerLink, 2016-06-27)
The deployment of odor-baited tools for sampling and controlling malaria vectors is limited by a lack of potent synthetic mosquito attractants. A synthetic mixture of chemical compounds referred to as “the Mbita blend” ...
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 ...