A matter of timing: Biting by malaria-infected Anopheles mosquitoes and the use of interventions during the night in rural south-eastern Tanzania.

ABSTRACT: Knowing when and where infected mosquitoes bite is required for estimating accurate measures of malaria risk, assessing outdoor exposure, and designing intervention strategies. This study combines secondary analyses of a human behaviour survey and an entomological survey carried out in the same area to estimate human exposure to malaria-infected Anopheles mosquitoes throughout the night in rural villages in south-eastern Tanzania. Mosquitoes were collected hourly from 6PM to 6AM indoors and outdoors by human landing catches in 2019, and tested for Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite infections using ELISA. In nearby villages, a trained member in each selected household recorded the whereabouts and activities of the household members from 6PM to 6AM in 2016 and 2017. Vector control use was hig

SUBMITTER: Namango IH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11687804 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature