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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Malaria infection potential of anopheline mosquitoes sampled by light trapping indoors in coastal Tanzanian villages
Medical and Veterinary Entomology, Volume 9, No. 3, Year 1995
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Abstract. Anopheline mosquito populations were studied during 1992 in seven villages south of Bagamoyo, coastal Tanzania, prior to malaria control intervention using insecticide treated bednets. To collect mosquitoes, CDC light traps were used in ten houses per village fortnightly for 12 months. Anopheles females were identified and checked by ELISA for the presence of malaria sporozoite antigen and source of bloodmeal. An. funestus peaked in June‐July after the long rains. Three members of the An. gambiae complex had different seasonality: An. arabiensis, An. gambiae and small numbers of An. merus were collected. In most villages transmission was extremely high and perennial with the entomological inoculation rate reaching three to eleven infective bites per person per night in July and persisting at around 0.1 and 1 for most of the remainder of the year. Sporozoite infection rates within the An. gambiae complex ranged from 2% to 25%, with the peaks in January and July following the two rainy periods. An. funestus showed a similar pattern. The light traps were reliable, simple to operate, and proved to be satisfactory to study the mosquito vector population. Copyright © 1995, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved
Authors & Co-Authors
Shiff, Clive J.
United States, Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
Minjas, Japhet N.
Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
Muhimbili Medical Centre
Hall, Thomas
United States, Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
Hunt, Richard H.
South Africa, Johannesburg
National Health Laboratory Service
Lyimo, S.
Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
Muhimbili Medical Centre
Davis, Jonathan R.
United States, Baltimore
University of Maryland, Baltimore Umb
Statistics
Citations: 80
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1365-2915.1995.tb00131.x
ISSN:
0269283X
e-ISSN:
13652915
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Study Design
Randomised Control Trial
Cross Sectional Study
Study Locations
Tanzania
Participants Gender
Female