Sippy, Rachel Rivera, Galo E. Sanchez, Valeria Heras, Froilán Morejón, Bianca Beltrán, Efraín Hikida, Robert S. López-Latorre, María A. Aguirre, Alex Stewart-Ibarra, Anna M.
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Parasites & Vectors
BackgroundIllnesses transmitted by Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762) such as dengue, chikungunya and Zika comprise a considerable global burden; mosquito control is the primary public health tool to reduce disease transmission. Current interventions are inadequate and insecticide resistance threatens the effectiveness of these options. Dried attractiv...
Paaijmans, Krijn P. Huijben, Silvie
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Malaria Journal
Long-lasting insecticidal nets, or LLINs, have significantly reduced malaria morbidity and mortality over the past two decades. The net provides a physical barrier that decreases human-mosquito contact and the impregnated insecticide kills susceptible mosquito vectors upon contact and may repel them. However, the future of LLINs is threatened as re...
Zinszer, Kate Caprara, Andrea Lima, Antonio Degroote, Stéphanie Zahreddine, Monica Abreu, Kellyanne Carabali, Mabel Charland, Katia Dantas, Mayana Azevedo Wellington, José
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Trials
BackgroundDengue is increasing in its global presence with an estimated 4 billion people at-risk of infection in at least 128 countries. Despite the promising results of EcoHealth and community mobilization approaches to Aedes reduction, more evidence of their efficacy on reducing dengue risk is needed. The principal research question is to determi...
Traore, Mohamad M. Junnila, Amy Traore, Sekou F. Doumbia, Seydou Revay, Edita E. Kravchenko, Vasiliy D. Schlein, Yosef Arheart, Kristopher L. Gergely, Petrányi Xue, Rui-De
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Malaria Journal
BackgroundThe aim of this field trial was to evaluate the efficacy of attractive toxic sugar baits (ATSB) in Mali, where sustained malaria transmission occurs despite the use of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs). ATSB bait stations were deployed in seven of 14 similar study villages, where LLINs were already in widespread use. The combined use...
Lippi, Catherine A. Mao, Liang Stewart-Ibarra, Anna M. Heydari, Naveed Ayala, Efraín Beltrán Burkett-Cadena, Nathan D. Blackburn, Jason K. Ryan, Sadie J.
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International Journal of Health Geographics
BackgroundVector-borne disease places a high health and economic burden in the American tropics. Comprehensive vector control programs remain the primary method of containing local outbreaks. With limited resources, many vector control operations struggle to serve all affected communities within their districts. In the coastal city of Machala, Ecua...
Fuseini, Godwin Ismail, Hanafy M. von Fricken, Michael E. Weppelmann, Thomas A. Smith, Jordan Ellis Logan, Rhiannon Agnes Oladepo, Folasade Walker, Kyle J. Phiri, Wonder P. Paine, Mark J. I.
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Malaria Journal
BackgroundQuality control of indoor residual spraying (IRS) is necessary to ensure that spray operators (SOs) deposit the correct concentration of insecticide on sprayed structures, while also confirming that spray records are not being falsified.MethodsUsing high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), this study conducted quality control of the...
Opiyo, Mercy A. Paaijmans, Krijn P.
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Malaria Journal
Malaria prevalence has significantly reduced since 2000, largely due to the scale-up of vector control interventions, mainly indoor residual spraying (IRS) and long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs). Given their success, these tools remain the frontline interventions in the fight against malaria. Their effectiveness relies on three key ingre...
Shah, Monica P. Steinhardt, Laura C. Mwandama, Dyson Mzilahowa, Themba Gimnig, John E. Bauleni, Andy Wong, Jacklyn Wiegand, Ryan Mathanga, Don P. Lindblade, Kim A.
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Malaria Journal
BackgroundA previous cohort study in Malawi showed that users of new insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs) were significantly protected against malaria compared to non-users, despite moderate levels of pyrethroid resistance among the primary mosquito vectors. The present study investigated whether ITNs that were 1–2 years old continued to protect use...
Ant, Thomas Foley, Erin Tytheridge, Scott Johnston, Colin Goncalves, Adriana Ceesay, Sainey Ndiath, Mamadou Ousmane Affara, Muna Martinez, Julien Pretorius, Elizabeth
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Malaria Journal
BackgroundBubaque is the most populous island of the Bijagos archipelago, a group of malaria-endemic islands situated off the coast of Guinea-Bissau, West Africa. Malaria vector control on Bubaque relies almost exclusively on the use of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs). However, there is little information on local vector bionomics and insect...
Enriquez, Gustavo Fabián Cecere, María Carla Alvarado-Otegui, Julián Antonio Alvedro, Alejandra Gaspe, María Sol Laiño, Mariano Alberto Gürtler, Ricardo Esteban Cardinal, Marta Victoria
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Parasites & Vectors
BackgroundWe conducted a matched-pairs trial of three methods for detecting house infestation with triatominae bugs in a well-defined endemic rural area in the Argentine Chaco.MethodsThe three methods included a simple double-sided adhesive tape (ST) installed near host resting sites; timed-manual collections with a dislodging aerosol (TMC, the ref...
