1. A New Test of a Theory about Old Mosquitoes.
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Smith DL, Musiime AK, Maxwell K, Lindsay SW, and Kiware S
- Subjects
- Animals, Humans, Malaria transmission, Bites and Stings prevention & control, Culicidae parasitology, Culicidae physiology, Malaria prevention & control, Models, Biological, Mosquito Control statistics & numerical data
- Abstract
In vector control, it is widely accepted that killing adult mosquitoes would sharply reduce the proportion of old mosquitoes and cause the greatest changes to malaria transmission. The principle is based on a mathematical model of the sporozoite rate (the proportion of infective mosquitoes) that emphasized changes in mosquito age. Killing adult mosquitoes also reduces mosquito population densities, which are directly proportional to human biting rates (the number of bites, per person, per day). Eect sizes of vector control can be compared using sporozoite rates and human biting rates, which are commonly measured. We argue that human biting rates convey more use- ful information for planning, monitoring and evaluating vector control, and operational research should focus on understanding mosquito ecology., (Copyright © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.)
- Published
- 2021
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