After 2 decades of using insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) and improved case management,
malaria burden in the historically-holoendemic Kilombero valley in Tanzania has …

Background Improved surveillance techniques are required to accelerate efforts against
major arthropod-borne diseases such as malaria, dengue, filariasis, Zika and yellow-fever …

Malaria prevention relies on mosquito control interventions that use insecticides and exploit
mosquito behavior. The rise of insecticide resistance and changing transmission dynamics …

Background Eave ribbons treated with spatial repellents effectively prevent human exposure
to outdoor-biting and indoor-biting malaria mosquitoes, and could constitute a scalable and …

Background Residual malaria transmission has been reported in many areas even with
adequate indoor vector control coverage, such as long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs). The …

Background Push–pull strategies have been proposed as options to complement primary
malaria prevention tools, indoor residual spraying (IRS) and long-lasting insecticide-treated …

Background The indoor residual spraying programme for malaria vectors control was
implemented in four districts of the Lake Victoria basin of Tanzania namely Ukerewe …

Background Outdoor and early evening mosquito biting needs to be addressed if malaria
elimination is to be achieved. While indoor-targeted interventions, such as insecticide …

Odour-baited technologies are increasingly considered for effective monitoring of mosquito
populations and for the evaluation of vector control interventions. The BG-Malaria trap …

BG-Malaria (BGM) trap is a simple adaptation of the widely-used BG-Sentinel trap (BGS). It
is proven to be highly effective for trapping the Brazilian malaria vector, Anopheles darlingi …