Early-evening indoor and outdoor foraging by major malaria vectors in Nchelenge, Zambia.

ABSTRACT: Despite a decade of indoor residual spraying, malaria remains holoendemic in Nchelenge District in northern Zambia. This study examined the hypothesis that the intransigence of malaria in Nchelenge District is due in part to early evening and outdoor foraging of local anopheline species. Three replicate collections were performed at 24 households using CDC light traps over 6 weeks during the dry season of 2019. Traps were set indoors, in animal pens, and in outdoor gathering spaces from 16:00-22:00, and overnight indoors in all households during the third replicate. Twelve anopheline species were collected in early-evening traps. The major vector, Anopheles funestus, dominated collections (n = 1,865, 68.2%) and were captured primarily indoors (n = 1,370, 73.4%). Specimens with detec

SUBMITTER: Gebhardt ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12622092 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature