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Screening Mosquito House Entry Points as a Potential Method for Integrated Control of Endophagic Filariasis, Arbovirus and Malaria Vectors (2010)
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Ogoma, S. B., Lweitoijera, D. W., Ngonyani, H., Furer, B., Russell, T. L., Mukabana, W. R., …Moore, S. J. (2010). Screening Mosquito House Entry Points as a Potential Method for Integrated Control of Endophagic Filariasis, Arbovirus and Malaria Vectors. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 4(8), Article e773. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000773

Background Partial mosquito-proofing of houses with screens and ceilings has the potential to reduce indoor densities of malaria mosquitoes. We wish to measure whether it will also reduce indoor densities of vectors of neglected tropical diseases. Me... Read More about Screening Mosquito House Entry Points as a Potential Method for Integrated Control of Endophagic Filariasis, Arbovirus and Malaria Vectors.

Development and Field Evaluation of a Synthetic Mosquito Lure That Is More Attractive than Humans (2010)
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Okumu, F. O., Killeen, G. F., Ogoma, S., Biswaro, L., Smallegange, R. C., Mbeyela, E., Titus, E., Munk, C., Ngonyani, H., Takken, W., Mshinda, H., Mukabana, W. R., & Moore, S. J. (2010). Development and Field Evaluation of a Synthetic Mosquito Lure That Is More Attractive than Humans. PLoS ONE, 5(1), Article e8951. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0008951

Background Disease transmitting mosquitoes locate humans and other blood hosts by identifying their characteristic odor profiles. Using their olfactory organs, the mosquitoes detect compounds present in human breath, sweat and skins, and use these as... Read More about Development and Field Evaluation of a Synthetic Mosquito Lure That Is More Attractive than Humans.

Microbial Larvicide Application by a Large-Scale, Community-Based Program Reduces Malaria Infection Prevalence in Urban Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania (2009)
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Geissbühler, Y., Kannady, K., Chaki, P. P., Emidi, B., Govella, N. J., Mayagaya, V., Kiama, M., Mtasiwa, D., Mshinda, H., Lindsay, S. W., Tanner, M., Fillinger, U., de Castro, M. C., & Killeen, G. F. (2009). Microbial Larvicide Application by a Large-Scale, Community-Based Program Reduces Malaria Infection Prevalence in Urban Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. PLoS ONE, 4(3), Article e5107. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0005107

Background Malaria control in Africa is most tractable in urban settlements yet most research has focused on rural settings. Elimination of malaria transmission from urban areas may require larval control strategies that complement adult mosquito con... Read More about Microbial Larvicide Application by a Large-Scale, Community-Based Program Reduces Malaria Infection Prevalence in Urban Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.

A tool box for operational mosquito larval control: preliminary results and early lessons from the Urban Malaria Control Program in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (2008)
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Fillinger, U., Kannady, K., William, G., Vanek, M., Dongus, S., Nyika, D., …Killeen, G. (2008). A tool box for operational mosquito larval control: preliminary results and early lessons from the Urban Malaria Control Program in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Malaria Journal, 7, Article 20. https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-7-20

Background: As the population of Africa rapidly urbanizes, large populations could be protected from malaria by controlling aquatic stages of mosquitoes if cost-effective and scalable implementation systems can be designed. Methods: A recently initia... Read More about A tool box for operational mosquito larval control: preliminary results and early lessons from the Urban Malaria Control Program in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Cost-sharing strategies combining targeted public subsidies with private-sector delivery achieve high bednet coverage and reduced malaria transmission in Kilombero Valley, southern Tanzania (2007)
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Killeen, G., Tami, A., Kihonda, J., Okumu, F., Kotas, M., Grundmann, H., …Lengeler, C. (2007). Cost-sharing strategies combining targeted public subsidies with private-sector delivery achieve high bednet coverage and reduced malaria transmission in Kilombero Valley, southern Tanzania. BMC Infectious Diseases, 7, Article 121. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-7-121

Background: Cost-sharing schemes incorporating modest targeted subsidies have promoted insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) for malaria prevention in the Kilombero Valley, southern Tanzania, since 1996. Here we evaluate resulting changes in bednet coverag... Read More about Cost-sharing strategies combining targeted public subsidies with private-sector delivery achieve high bednet coverage and reduced malaria transmission in Kilombero Valley, southern Tanzania.

Interdependence of domestic malaria prevention measures and mosquito-human interactions in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (2007)
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Geissbühler, Y., Chaki, P., Emidi, B., Govella, N., Shirima, R., Mayagaya, V., …Killeen, G. (2007). Interdependence of domestic malaria prevention measures and mosquito-human interactions in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Malaria Journal, 6, Article 126. https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-6-126

Background: Successful malaria vector control depends on understanding behavioural interactions between mosquitoes and humans, which are highly setting-specific and may have characteristic features in urban environments. Here mosquito biting patterns... Read More about Interdependence of domestic malaria prevention measures and mosquito-human interactions in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Participatory mapping of target areas to enable operational larval source management to suppress malaria vector mosquitoes in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (2007)
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Dongus, S., Nyika, D., Kannady, K., Mtasiwa, D., Mshinda, H., Drescher, A., …Killeen, G. (2007). Participatory mapping of target areas to enable operational larval source management to suppress malaria vector mosquitoes in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. International Journal of Health Geographics, 6, Article 37. https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-072x-6-37

Background Half of the population of Africa will soon live in towns and cities where it can be protected from malaria by controlling aquatic stages of mosquitoes. Rigorous but affordable and scaleable methods for mapping and managing mosquito habitat... Read More about Participatory mapping of target areas to enable operational larval source management to suppress malaria vector mosquitoes in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Nature beats nurture: a case study of the physiological fitness of free-living and laboratory-reared male Anopheles gambiae s.l (2007)
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Huho, B., Ng’habi, K., Killeen, G., Nkwengulila, G., Knols, B., & Ferguson, H. (2007). Nature beats nurture: a case study of the physiological fitness of free-living and laboratory-reared male Anopheles gambiae s.l. Journal of Experimental Biology, 210, 2939-2947. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.005033

Laboratory experimentation forms the basis for most of our knowledge of the biology of many organisms, in particular insects. However, the accuracy with which laboratory-derived estimates of insect life history and behaviour can predict their fitness... Read More about Nature beats nurture: a case study of the physiological fitness of free-living and laboratory-reared male Anopheles gambiae s.l.

Quantifying behavioural interactions between humans and mosquitoes: evaluating the protective efficacy of insecticidal nets against malaria transmission in rural Tanzania (2006)
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Killeen, G., Kihonda, J., Lyimo, E., Oketch, F., Kotas, M., Mathenge, E., …Drakeley, C. (2006). Quantifying behavioural interactions between humans and mosquitoes: evaluating the protective efficacy of insecticidal nets against malaria transmission in rural Tanzania. BMC Infectious Diseases, 6, Article 161. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-6-161

BACKGROUND: African malaria vectors bite predominantly indoors at night so sleeping under an Insecticide-Treated Net (ITN) can greatly reduce malaria risk. Behavioural adaptation by mosquitoes to increasing ITN coverage could allow vector mosquitoes... Read More about Quantifying behavioural interactions between humans and mosquitoes: evaluating the protective efficacy of insecticidal nets against malaria transmission in rural Tanzania.

Infectiousness of malaria-endemic human populations to vectors (2006)
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Killeen, G., Ross, A., & Smith, T. (2006). Infectiousness of malaria-endemic human populations to vectors. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 75(2 Suppl), 38-45. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2006.75.2_suppl.0750038

Despite its key role in determining the stability and intensity of malaria transmission, the infectiousness of human populations to mosquitoes has rarely been estimated. Field-based analyses of malaria transmission have frequently relied on the preva... Read More about Infectiousness of malaria-endemic human populations to vectors.

A reliable morphological method to assess the age of male Anopheles gambiae (2006)
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Huho, B., Ng'habi, K., Killeen, G., Nkwengulila, G., Knols, B., & Ferguson, H. (2006). A reliable morphological method to assess the age of male Anopheles gambiae. Malaria Journal, 5, Article 62. https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-5-62

Background Release of genetically-modified (GM) or sterile male mosquitoes for malaria control is hampered by inability to assess the age and mating history of free-living male Anopheles. Methods Age and mating-related changes in the reproductive sys... Read More about A reliable morphological method to assess the age of male Anopheles gambiae.

Community-based surveillance of malaria vector larval habitats: a baseline study in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (2006)
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Vanek, M., Shoo, B., Mtasiwa, D., Kiama, M., Lindsay, S., Fillinger, U., …Killeen, G. (2006). Community-based surveillance of malaria vector larval habitats: a baseline study in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. BMC Public Health, 6, Article 154. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-6-154

Background: As the population of Africa rapidly urbanizes it may be possible to protect large populations from malaria by controlling aquatic stages of mosquitoes. Here we present a baseline evaluation of the ability of community members to detect mo... Read More about Community-based surveillance of malaria vector larval habitats: a baseline study in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Ecologists can enable communities to implement malaria vector control in Africa (2006)
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Mukabana, W., Kannady, K., Kiama, G., Ijumba, J., Mathenge, E., Kiche, I., …Killeen, G. (2006). Ecologists can enable communities to implement malaria vector control in Africa. Malaria Journal, 5, Article 9. https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-5-9

Background: Integrated vector management (IVM) for malaria control requires ecological skills that are very scarce and rarely applied in Africa today. Partnerships between communities and academic ecologists can address this capacity deficit, moderni... Read More about Ecologists can enable communities to implement malaria vector control in Africa.

Effect of larval crowding on mating competitiveness of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes (2005)
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Ng'habi, K., John, B., Nkwengulila, G., Knols, B., Killeen, G., & Ferguson, H. (2005). Effect of larval crowding on mating competitiveness of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes. Malaria Journal, 4, Article 49. https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-4-49

BACKGROUND: The success of sterile or transgenic Anopheles for malaria control depends on their mating competitiveness within wild populations. Current evidence suggests that transgenic mosquitoes have reduced fitness. One means of compensating for t... Read More about Effect of larval crowding on mating competitiveness of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes.

An entomopathogenic fungus for control of adult African malaria mosquitoes (2005)
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Scholte, E., Ng'habi, K., Kihonda, J., Takken, W., Paaijmans, K., Abdulla, S., …Knols, B. (2005). An entomopathogenic fungus for control of adult African malaria mosquitoes. Science, 308(5728), 1641-1642. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1108639

Biological control of malaria mosquitoes in Africa has rarely been used in vector control programs. Recent developments in this field show that certain fungi are virulent to adult Anopheles mosquitoes. Practical delivery of an entomopathogenic fungus... Read More about An entomopathogenic fungus for control of adult African malaria mosquitoes.

A simulation model of African Anopheles ecology and population dynamics for the analysis of malaria transmission (2004)
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Depinay, J., Mbogo, C., Killeen, G., Knols, B., Beier, J., Carlson, J., …McKenzie, F. (2004). A simulation model of African Anopheles ecology and population dynamics for the analysis of malaria transmission. Malaria Journal, 3, Article 29. https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-3-29

BACKGROUND: Malaria is one of the oldest and deadliest infectious diseases in humans. Many mathematical models of malaria have been developed during the past century, and applied to potential interventions. However, malaria remains uncontrolled and i... Read More about A simulation model of African Anopheles ecology and population dynamics for the analysis of malaria transmission.

Preventing childhood malaria in Africa by protecting adults from mosquitoes with insecticide-treated nets (2003)
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Killeen, G., Smith, T., Ferguson, H., Mshinda, H., Abdulla, S., Lenegeler, C., & Kachur, S. (2007). Preventing childhood malaria in Africa by protecting adults from mosquitoes with insecticide-treated nets. PLoS Medicine, 4(7), Article e299. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040229

Malaria prevention in Africa merits particular attention as the world strives toward a better life for the poorest. Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) represent a practical means to prevent malaria in Africa, so scaling up coverage to at least 80% of yo... Read More about Preventing childhood malaria in Africa by protecting adults from mosquitoes with insecticide-treated nets.