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2-butanone as a carbon dioxide mimic in attractant blends for the Afrotroical malaria mosquitoes anopheles gambie and anopheles funestus
(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 ...
Gametocytemia and Attractiveness of Plasmodium falciparum–Infected Kenyan Children to Anopheles gambiae Mosquitoes
(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 ...
Spatially Variable Risk Factors for Malaria in a Geographically Heterogeneous Landscape, Western Kenya: An Explorative Study
(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 ...
2-Butanone as a Carbon Dioxide Mimic in Attractant Blends for the Afrotropical Malaria Mosquitoes Anopheles Gambiae and Anopheles Funestus
(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.
(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 ...
Field Evaluation of a Push-Pull System to Reduce Malaria Transmission
(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 ...
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. ...
Innovative Tools and OpenHDS for Health and Demographic Surveillance on Rusinga Island, Kenya
(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
(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 ...