Host Decoy Trap (HDT) with cattle odour is highly effective for collection of exophagic malaria vectors. Parasites & Vectors , 2018; 11 (1) DOI: 10.1186/s13071-018-3099-7 Cite This Page : ...

The researchers compared three different mosquito collection methods: Human landing catch ... in the study areas, outdoor biting occurs for all main malaria vector species; An. arabiensis, ...

Human landing catch is a simple and accurate method to monitor and collect vector mosquitoes. The method is performed by mosquito collectors who expose their limbs to attract and collect ...

Malaria reduction is most efficiently achieved by vector control whereby human populations at high risk of contracting and transmitting the disease are protected from mosquito bites. Here, we ...

In 2010, a study revealed that the main agent of malaria in humans, called Plasmodium falciparum, arose from the gorilla. Today, the vector which transmitted the parasite from apes to humans has ...

Scientists have unveiled the detailed genome of the malaria mosquito vector, ... claiming over 400,000 human lives in 2019. ...

Host decoy traps which mimic humans or cattle by combining odor, heat and a conspicuous visual stimulus could be effective at measuring and controlling outdoor-biting mosquitoes in malaria endemic ...