Exploring the epidemiological impact of attractive targeted sugar bait against malaria in combination with standard malaria control.

ABSTRACT: Attractive targeted sugar bait (ATSB) is a potential new vector control tool that exploits the sugar-feeding behaviour of mosquitoes. Little is known about the factors which drive ATSB efficacy, either as a standalone vector control tool or in combination with existing intervention strategies. It has been suggested that the percentage of wild mosquitoes caught fed on dye-containing sugar baits without the toxin could provide an entomological correlate of the potential epidemiological benefit of ATSB. A transmission dynamics mathematical model is combined with data from wild mosquitoes to investigate the relationship between the mosquito dyed fraction, bait-feeding rate and the potential epidemiological impact of ATSB in the presence of standard malaria control. The dyed fraction in Mali va

SUBMITTER: Moghaddas NR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11869851 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature