A tool box for operational mosquito larval control: preliminary results and early lessons from the Urban Malaria Control Programme in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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* Corresponding author: Ulrike Fillinger ulrike.fillinger@durham.ac.uk
Malaria Journal 2008, 7:20 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-20
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Large-scale use of mosquito larval source management for malaria control in Africa: a cost analysis Eve Worrall, Ulrike Fillinger Malaria Journal 2011, 10:338 (8 November 2011) Despite its enormous historical successes, mosquito larval source management (LSM) remains a largely forgotten and often dismissed intervention for malaria control in Africa, in large part because of the perceived cost of such interventions. The paper shows that costs for LSM compare favourably with costs for IRS and LLINs, especially in areas with moderate and focal malaria transmission where mosquito larval habitats are accessible and well defined.
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A malaria transmission-directed model of mosquito life cycle and ecology Philip A Eckhoff Malaria Journal 2011, 10:303 (17 October 2011) This paper presents a new mathematical model describing the mosquito life-cycle and ecology. The model is fairly detailed and comprehensive, and similar in its intent and scope to the Depinay model.
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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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Health research ethics in malaria vector trials in Africa Wen L Kilama Malaria Journal 2010, 9(Suppl 3):S3 (13 December 2010) |
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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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Yazoume Ye, Nyovani Madise, Robert Ndugwa, Sam Ochola, Robert W Snow Malaria Journal 2009, 8:160 (15 July 2009) The study could not demonstrate any evidence of malaria in Korogocho, a slum in the centre of Nairobi. Fever was a common complaint and often treated as malaria with anti-malarial drugs. Strategies, including testing for malaria parasites to reduce the inappropriate exposure of poor communities to expensive anti-malarial drugs provided by clinical services and drug vendors, should be a priority for district planners.
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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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Highly focused anopheline breeding sites and malaria transmission in Dakar Vanessa Machault, Libasse Gadiaga, Cécile Vignolles, Fanny Jarjaval, Samia Bouzid, Cheikh Sokhna, Jean-Pierre Lacaux, Jean-François Trape, Christophe Rogier, Frédéric Pagès Malaria Journal 2009, 8:138 (24 June 2009) According to the authors, it is not relevant to study malaria throughout an entire city because averages hide significant heterogeneity. It becomes necessary to work on a local scale to better assess the transmission of vector-borne diseases in the city that far from disappearing, adapt to new conditions. This point of view is particularly important as the urban population continues to increase.
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Identifying the most productive breeding sites for malaria mosquitoes in The Gambia Ulrike Fillinger, Heleen Sombroek, Silas Majambere, Emiel van Loon, Willem Takken, Steven W Lindsay Malaria Journal 2009, 8:62 (10 April 2009) A paper on an important aspect of malaria vector ecology, with relevance to control. The results indicate that anti-larval interventions in this area of The Gambia cannot be targeted in space or time during the rainy season.
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Integrated vector management for malaria control John C Beier, Joseph Keating, John I Githure, Michael B Macdonald, Daniel E Impoinvil, Robert J Novak Malaria Journal 2008, 7(Suppl 1):S4 (11 December 2008) |