Quantifying behavioural interactions between humans and mosquitoes: Evaluating the protective efficacy of insecticidal nets against malaria transmission in rural Tanzania
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* Corresponding author: Gerry F Killeen gkilleen@ihrdc.or.tz
BMC Infectious Diseases 2006, 6:161 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-6-161
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Olivier JT Briët, Diggory Hardy, Thomas A Smith Malaria Journal 2012, 11:20 (13 January 2012) Use of a pre-existing agent-based mathematical modelling platform for malaria to extend knowledge that is based on field studies on net and insecticide decay to model and estimate the epidemiological lifetimes of insecticide-treated bed nets under field conditions. A topic about which rather little is actually known.
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Kija R Ng'habi, Bart GJ Knols, Yoosook Lee, Heather M Ferguson, Gregory C Lanzaro Malaria Journal 2011, 10:289 (5 October 2011) Paper reports evidence of high genetic differentiation among An. arabiensis populations from Kilombero valley in Tanzania. This subject is very relevant and original, as very few indications of population sub-structuring have been reported in this malaria vector species.
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Hugo Bugoro, Charlie Iro'ofa, Donna O Mackenzie, Allen Apairamo, Watson Hevalao, Sarah Corcoran, Albino Bobogare, Nigel W Beebe, Tanya L Russell, Cheng-Chen Chen, Robert D Cooper Malaria Journal 2011, 10:287 (30 September 2011) An important paper on the malaria vectors of the Santa Isabel Province, Solomon Islands, which gives the current status of the vectorial fauna and valuable insights into vector control and the perspective of malaria elimination from this area of Southwest Pacific.
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Gerry F Killeen, Nakul Chitnis, Sarah J Moore, Fredros O Okumu Malaria Journal 2011, 10:207 (28 July 2011) |
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Weidong Gu, Robert J Novak Malaria Journal 2009, 8:256 (16 November 2009) The paper presents a new model for evaluating the impact of ITNs on malaria parasite transmission. Once validated by field studies, such a model could have great significance for the future control of malaria, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.
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A new tent trap for sampling exophagic and endophagic members of the Anopheles gambiae complex Nicodemus J Govella, Prosper P Chaki, Yvonne Geissbuhler, Khadija Kannady, Fredros Okumu, J Derek Charlwood, Robert A Anderson, Gerry F Killeen Malaria Journal 2009, 8:157 (14 July 2009) There have been numerous malaria studies published, which mostly depend on human landing catch or CDC-LT collections, but only few studies have looked at alternative sampling tools, which are needed in resource-poor areas where even batteries are often not available. A tent trap requires only one human person sleeping in it, while all mosquito sampling tools to-date depend on human (volatiles), which vary significantly and hence, sampling is strongly dependent on the odour characteristics of the human host.
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Louise A Kelly-Hope, F Ellis McKenzie Malaria Journal 2009, 8:19 (23 January 2009) A paper focusing on an important issue in malaria research and control, namely the precise measurement of transmission intensity. This information is essential in an era where scaling up of malaria control interventions is ongoing at an unprecedented scale.
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Spatial effects of mosquito bednets on child mortality Laura Gosoniu, Penelope Vounatsou, Adriana Tami, Rose Nathan, Hajo Grundmann, Christian Lengeler BMC Public Health 2008, 8:356 (14 October 2008) |
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Luis Chaves, Akira Kaneko, George Taleo, Mercedes Pascual, Mark L Wilson Malaria Journal 2008, 7:100 (2 June 2008) A paper looking at the impact of bed net use on malaria incidence in a low transmission area, taking into account climatic factors. The approach is interesting even if it does not take into account other factors of variation such as access to treatment, drug resistance or other control interventions.
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Ulrike Fillinger, Khadija Kannady, George William, Michael J Vanek, Stefan Dongus, Dickson Nyika, Yvonne Geissbühler, Prosper P Chaki, Nico J Govella, Evan M Mathenge, Burton H Singer, Hassan Mshinda, Steven W Lindsay, Marcel Tanner, Deo Mtasiwa, Marcia C de Castro, Gerry F Killeen Malaria Journal 2008, 7:20 (25 January 2008) A programme which delegates responsibility for routine mosquito control and surveillance to modestly-paid community members. This pilot study addresses some of the important issues of larviciding in an urban environment.
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GF Killeen, A Tami, J Kihonda, FO Okumu, ME Kotas, H Grundmann, N Kasigudi, H Ngonyani, V Mayagaya, R Nathan, S Abdulla, JD Charlwood, TA Smith, C Lengeler BMC Infectious Diseases 2007, 7:121 (25 October 2007) |
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Yvonne Geissbühler, Prosper Chaki, Basiliana Emidi, Nicodemus J Govella, Rudolf Shirima, Valeliana Mayagaya, Deo Mtasiwa, Hassan Mshinda, Ulrike Fillinger, Steven W Lindsay, Khadija Kannady, Marcia de Castro, Marcel Tanner, Gerry F Killeen Malaria Journal 2007, 6:126 (19 September 2007) In a situation of changing mosquito and human behaviour, ITNs may confer lower levels of personal protection which need to be supplemented by measures of environmental management in the community, including mosquito-proofing of houses and larviciding.
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Pamela Opiyo, W Richard Mukabana, Ibrahim Kiche, Evan Mathenge, Gerry F Killeen, Ulrike Fillinger Malaria Journal 2007, 6:48 (24 April 2007) Evidence-based education interventions, utilizing participatory tools, need to be applied at grassroots level, to look at traditional beliefs and enable understanding of causal connections between mosquito ecology, parasite transmission and the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease
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