Monitoring malaria vector densities and behaviours in Tanzania

Govella, Nicodem (2010) Monitoring malaria vector densities and behaviours in Tanzania Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

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Abstract

Malaria remains the most important parasite-related public health problem globally, with the majority of burden occurring in sub Saharan Africa. Increased political and financial support has resulted in rapid scale up of malaria prevention measures, so that disease burden has been substantially reduced in many African countries. However, behavioural change by malaria vector populations, so that a greater proportion of human exposure to bites occurs outdoors, threatens to undermine the impact of malaria control with existing front line interventions such as insecticide treated nets (ITNs) and indoors residual spraying (IRS) because both act indoors. Also, progress towards lower transmission levels poses substantive entomological monitoring challenges because most standard methods fail to detect low levels of vector density and malaria transmission. The overall goal of this study was to enhance understanding of the potential and limitations of ITNs for reducing malaria transmission by outdoor biting mosquitoes, and to develop a safe, sensitive, practical and effective malaria vector surveillance tool that enables sustained entomologic monitoring of intervention impact. An existing mathematical model was adapted ... (continues)

Item Type:	Thesis (Doctor of Philosophy)
Additional Information:	Date: 2010-11 (completed)
Subjects:	?? RA0421 ??
Divisions:	Faculty of Health & Life Sciences
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	29 Nov 2011 16:48
Last Modified:	31 Oct 2024 17:19
DOI:	10.17638/00003153
Supervisors:	Killeen, Gerard Ranson, Hilary Kelly-Hope, Louise ORCID: 0000-0002-3330-7629
URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3153
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