Browsing School of Biological, Physical, Mathematics & Actuarial Sciences by Author "Takken, Willem"

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    • 2-butanone as a carbon dioxide mimic in attractant blends for the Afrotroical malaria mosquitoes anopheles gambie and anopheles funestus 

      Mburu, Monicah M.; Mweresa, Collins K.; Omusula, Philemon; Hiscox, Alexandra; Takken, Willem; Mukabana, Wolfgang R. (Malaria Journal, 2017-08-24)
      Most odour baits designed to attract host-seeking mosquitoes contain carbon dioxide (CO2), which enhances trap catches, given its role as a mosquito fight activator. However, the use of CO2 is expensive and logistically ...

    • 2-Butanone as a Carbon Dioxide Mimic in Attractant Blends for the Afrotropical Malaria Mosquitoes Anopheles Gambiae and Anopheles Funestus 

      Mburu, Monicah M.; Mweresa, Collins K.; Omusula, Philemon; Hiscox, Alexandra; Takken, Willem; Mukabana, Wolfgang R. (Malaria Journal, 2017-08-25)
      Most odour baits designed to attract host-seeking mosquitoes contain carbon dioxide (CO2), which enhances trap catches, given its role as a mosquito flight activator. However, the use of CO2 is expensive and logistically ...

    • Development and Optimization of the Suna Trap as A Tool for Mosquito Monitoring and Control. 

      Hiscox, Alexandra; Otieno, Bruno; Kibet, Anthony; Mweresa, Collins K.; Omusula, Philemon; Geier, Martin; Rose, Andreas; Mukaban, Wolfgang R.; Takken, Willem (BMC- Malaria Journal, 2014-07-08)
      Monitoring of malaria vector populations provides information about disease transmission risk, as well as measures of the effectiveness of vector control. The Suna trap is introduced and evaluated with regard to its potential ...

    • Enhancing Attraction of African Malaria Vectors to a Synthetic Odor Blend 

      Mweresa, Collins K.; Mukabana, Wolfgang R.; Omusula, Philemon; Otieno, Bruno; Van Loon, Joop J. A.; Takken, Willem (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” ...

    • Evaluation of Textile Substrates for Dispensing Synthetic Attractants for Malaria Mosquitoes 

      Mweresa, Collins K.; Mukaban, Wolfgang R.; Omusula, Philemon; Otieno, Bruno; Gheysens, Tom; Takken, Willem; Van Loon, Joop J. A. (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. ...

    • 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 ...

    • Gametocytemia and Attractiveness of Plasmodium falciparum–Infected Kenyan Children to Anopheles gambiae Mosquitoes 

      Busula, Annette O.; Mweresa, Collins K.; Masiga, Daniel; Logan, James G.; Sauerwein, Robert W.; Verhulst, Niels O.; Takken, Willem; De Boe, Jetske G. (The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2017-06-13)
      It has been suggested that Plasmodia manipulate their vertebrate hosts to enhance parasite transmission. Using a dual-choice olfactometer, we investigated the attraction of Anopheles gambiae to 50 Kenyan children (aged ...

    • 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 ...

    • Understanding the Long-Lasting Attraction of Malaria Mosquitoes to Odor Baits 

      Mweresa, Collins K.; Otieno, Bruno; Omusula, Philemon; Weldegergis, Berhane T.; Verhulst, Niels O.; Dicke, Marcel; Van Loon, Joop J. A.; Takken, Willem; Mukabana, Wolfgang R. (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 ...