Project Title: Videographic analysis and experimental evaluation of mosquito-host seeking responses to optimize a new odor-baited device for monitoring outdoor-biting malaria vectors
Project Description: Effective vector surveillance is essential for monitoring disease epidemiology, identifying suitable control measure and quantifying impacts of interventions. Regarding malaria, one major challenge is a lack of reliable means of accurately measure prevailing transmission. This is particularly challenging where interventions like LLINs and indoor residual spraying (IRS) have effectively tackled indoor-biting vectors, but behaviourally resistant, outdoor- biting and early-biting Anopheles remain a threat, often complicated by widespread psychological insecticide resistance. There is urgent need of... Effective vector surveillance is essential for monitoring disease epidemiology, identifying suitable control measure and quantifying impacts of interventions. Regarding malaria, one major challenge is a lack of reliable means of accurately measure prevailing transmission. This is particularly challenging where interventions like LLINs and indoor residual spraying (IRS) have effectively tackled indoor-biting vectors, but behaviourally resistant, outdoor- biting and early-biting Anopheles remain a threat, often complicated by widespread psychological insecticide resistance. There is urgent need of effective outdoor vector surveillance tools, particular in settings where significant proportion of malaria transmission now occurs outdoors. The odour baited MLB, a new tool initially developed to complement indoor interventions, attracts and kills large numbers of important disease –transmitting mosquitoes, by mimicking human odours outdoors. This project aimed to understand how mosquitoes behave around decoy host such as MLBs, and use this information to adapt and evaluate this device as a means to effectively and affordably monitor outdoor-biting vectors and their vectorial capacity, in communities with significant outdoor transmission.
Principal Investigator : Nancy Matowo
Department Name : EHES
Time frame: (2014-07-01) - (2017-04-30)
Wellcome Trust (Normal)
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