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Needs for Monitoring Mosquito Transmission of Malaria in a Pre-Elimination World

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: As global efforts to eliminate malaria intensify, accurate information on vector populations and transmission dynamics is critical for directing control efforts, developing new control tools, and predicting the effects of these interventions under various conditions. Currently available sampling tools for mosquito population monitoring suffer from well-recognized limitations. As reported in this workshop summary, a recent gathering of medical entomologists, modelers, and malaria experts reviewed these issues and agreed that efforts are needed to improve methods to monitor key transmission parameters. Identified needs include standardized methods for sampling of both mosquito adults and larvae, improved tools for mosquito species identification and age-grading, and a better means for determining the entomological inoculation rate.

Source: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0175

Authors: Stephanie James, Willem Takken, Frank H. Collins, Michael Gottlieb

Institutions: University of Notre Dame, Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, Wageningen University & Research

Language: English

Topic: Malaria Research and Control

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention