Quantifying behavioural interactions between humans and mosquitoes: evaluating the protective efficacy of insecticidal nets against malaria transmission in rural Tanzania

• Published in: BMC infectious diseases Vol. 6; no. 1; p. 161
• Main Authors: Killeen, Gerry F, Kihonda, Japhet, Lyimo, Edith, Oketch, Fred R, Kotas, Maya E, Mathenge, Evan, Schellenberg, Joanna A, Lengeler, Christian, Smith, Thomas A, Drakeley, Chris J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 10.11.2006; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Animals; Bedding and Linens; Clinical Trials as Topic; Culicidae; Humans; Insect Bites and Stings - epidemiology; Insect Bites and Stings - prevention & control; Insecticides; Malaria - prevention & control; Malaria - transmission; Mosquito Control - methods; Rural Health; Tanzania; Tanzania

African malaria vectors bite predominantly indoors at night so sleeping under an Insecticide-Treated Net (ITN) can greatly reduce malaria risk. Behavioural adaptation by mosquitoes to increasing ITN coverage could allow vector mosquitoes to bite outside of peak sleeping hours and undermine efficacy...