Are Vulnerable Communities Thoroughly Informed on Mosquito Bio-Ecology and Burden?

ABSTRACT: Mosquitoes account for a significant burden of morbidity and mortality globally. Despite evidence of (1) imminent anthropogenic climate and environmental changes, (2) vector-pathogen spatio-temporal dynamics and (3) emerging and re-emerging mosquito borne infections, public knowledge on mosquito bio-ecology remain scant. In particular, knowledge, attitude and practices (KAPs) on mosquitoes are often neglected despite otherwise expensive remedial efforts against consequent infections and other indirect effects associated with disease burden. To gather baseline KAPs that identify gaps for optimising vector-borne disease control, we surveyed communities across endemic and non-endemic malaria sub-districts (Botswana). The study revealed limited knowledge of mosquitoes and their infections unif

SUBMITTER: Buxton M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7672552 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature