Human behavior determinants of exposure to Anopheles vectors of malaria in Sumba, Indonesia.

ABSTRACT: Malaria vector control interventions in Sumba, Indonesia, have not been able to eliminate malaria. Human drivers of exposure to Anopheles bites were investigated as part of a larger clinical trial evaluating the impact of a spatial repellent product on malaria incidence. Human behavioral observations (HBOs) evaluating temporal and spatial presence, sleeping behaviors, and insecticide treated net (ITN) use, were collected parallel to entomological collections-indoor and outdoor human landing catches (HLCs), and house hold surveys. Data demonstrates that mosquito access to humans, enabled by structurally open houses, is evident by the similar entomological landing rates both inside and outside households. The presence of animals inside houses was associated with increased mosquito entry-howe

SUBMITTER: Rozi IE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9662732 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature