Semi-field studies to better understand the impact of eave tubes on mosquito mortality and behaviour.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Eave tubes are a type of housing modification that provide a novel way of delivering insecticides to mosquitoes as they attempt to enter the house. The current study reports on a series of semi-field studies aimed at improving the understanding of how eave tubes might impact mosquito mortality and behaviour.

Methods

Experiments were conducted using West African style experimental huts at a field site in M'be, Côte d'Ivoire. Huts were modified in various ways to determine: (i) whether mosquitoes in this field setting naturally recruit to eave tubes; (ii) whether eave tubes can reduce house entry even in the absence of screening; (iii) whether mosquitoes suffer mortality if they attempt to exit a house via treated eave tubes; and, (iv) whether screening and eave tub

SUBMITTER: Barreaux AMG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6106927 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature