Figure 1.

The predicted effects of insecticide-treated bednets upon vector bionomics and malaria transmission as a function of the ability of mosquitoes to avoid them. The effects increasing absolute coverage (C) upon effective coverage (C*), survival per feeding cycle (P_f*), human blood index (Q_h*), annual human biting rate (B_h), sporozoite prevalence (S) and annual entomological inoculation rate (EIR) are depicted as a function of increasing ability to avoid the intervention (increasing α).