Predicting the impact of outdoor vector control interventions on malaria transmission intensity from semi-field studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Semi-field experiments with human landing catch (HLC) measure as the outcome are an important step in the development of novel vector control interventions against outdoor transmission of malaria since they provide good estimates of personal protection. However, it is often infeasible to determine whether the reduction in HLC counts is due to mosquito mortality or repellency, especially considering that spatial repellents based on volatile pyrethroids might induce both. Due to the vastly different impact of repellency and mortality on transmission, the community-level impact of spatial repellents can not be estimated from such semi-field experiments.

Methods

We present a new stochastic model that is able to estimate for any product inhibiting outdoor biting, its r

SUBMITTER: Denz A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7819244 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature