Heterogeneous impacts for malaria control from larviciding across villages and considerations for monitoring and evaluation.

ABSTRACT: Malaria vector control tools currently focus on insecticide treated nets (ITNs) and indoor residual spraying in malaria-endemic locations, but additional preventative strategies are needed to address protection gaps. Larval source management (LSM) includes larvicide application to aquatic habitat and an array of alternative forms of environmental efforts. An individual-based transmission model for falciparum malaria is used to demonstrate the theoretical benefit of suppressing malaria adult mosquito vector densities through LSM. The model simulates results of epidemiological trials from Western Kenya (a hilly area with papyrus swamps adjacent to human settlements and moderate to high perennial malaria transmission) and Côte d'Ivoire (an area with Sudanese climate, reducing vegetation cover

SUBMITTER: Sherrard-Smith E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12321148 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature