Ecologists can enable communities to implement malaria vector control in Africa
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* Corresponding author: Gerry F Killeen gkilleen@ihrdc.or.tz
Malaria Journal 2006, 5:9 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-5-9
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Prosper P Chaki, Stefan Dongus, Ulrike Fillinger, Ann Kelly, Gerry F Killeen Human Resources for Health 2011, 9:21 (28 September 2011) |
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Distribution of the main malaria vectors in Kenya Robi M Okara, Marianne E Sinka, Noboru Minakawa, Charles M Mbogo, Simon I Hay, Robert W Snow Malaria Journal 2010, 9:69 (4 March 2010) An important collation of recent work, logical in its methodology and a useful resource for malariologists.
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Prosper P Chaki, Nicodem J Govella, Bryson Shoo, Abdullah Hemed, Marcel Tanner, Ulrike Fillinger, Gerry F Killeen Malaria Journal 2009, 8:311 (30 December 2009) This paper relates a pilot study on mosquito control using larvicide in the town of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Long-term anopheline control using larvicides is an amazing logistic achievement, which could be successfully emulated in other urban areas
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Maggy Sikulu, Nicodem J Govella, Sheila B Ogoma, John Mpangile, Said H Kambi, Khadija Kannady, Prosper C Chaki, Wolfgang R Mukabana, Gerry F Killeen Malaria Journal 2009, 8:197 (12 August 2009) The paper addresses the major need of determining the best sampling methods for malaria vector mosquitoes in the urban environment, where densities of major vector species are usually low. The paper is well-designed and provides a useful comparison of the effectiveness of the different traps.
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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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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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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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Stefan Dongus, Dickson Nyika, Khadija Kannady, Deo Mtasiwa, Hassan Mshinda, Ulrike Fillinger, Axel W Drescher, Marcel Tanner, Marcia C Castro, Gerry F Killeen International Journal of Health Geographics 2007, 6:37 (4 September 2007) |
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Microbial larvicides for malaria control in The Gambia Silas Majambere, Steven W Lindsay, Clare Green, Balla Kandeh, Ulrike Fillinger Malaria Journal 2007, 6:76 (7 June 2007) Environmentally safe microbial larvicides can significantly reduce larval abundance in the natural habitats of The Gambia and could be a useful tool for inclusion in an integrated vector management programme.
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Fredros O Okumu, Bart GJ Knols, Ulrike Fillinger Malaria Journal 2007, 6:63 (22 May 2007) Neem oil has good larvicidal properties for mosquitoes and suppresses successful adult emergence at very low concentrations. Considering the wide distribution and availability of this tree and its products along the East African coast, this may prove a readily available and cheap alternative to conventional larvicides.
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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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Michael J Vanek, Bryson Shoo, Deo Mtasiwa, Michael Kiama, Steven W Lindsay, Ulrike Fillinger, Khadija Kannady, Marcel Tanner, Gerry F Killeen BMC Public Health 2006, 6:154 (15 June 2006) |