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Enhancing attraction of African malaria vectors to a synthetic Odor blend.
(University of Nairobi, 2016)
The deployment of odor-baited tools for sampling and controlling malaria vectors is limited by a lack of potent synthetic mosquito attractants. A synthetic mixture of chemical compounds referred to as "the Mbita blend" ...
Visualization of house-entry behaviour of malaria mosquitoes
(University of Nairobi, 2016)
BACKGROUND:
Malaria mosquitoes often blood feed indoors on human hosts. The mosquitoes predominantly enter houses via open eaves. Host-seeking is odour-driven, and finding a host depends on the quality of the odour plume ...
A novel synthetic odorant blend for trapping of malaria and other African mosquito species
(2012)
Estimating the biting fraction of mosquitoes is of critical importance for risk assessment of malaria transmission. Here, we present a novel odor-based tool that has been rigorously assessed in semi-field assays and ...
Ethnoknowledge of Bukusu community on livestock tick prevention and control in Bungoma district, western Kenya
(2012)
To date, nomadic communities in Africa have been the primary focus of ethnoveterinary research. The Bukusu of western Kenya have an interesting history, with nomadic lifestyle in the past before settling down to either ...
Identification Of Candidate Volatiles That Affect The Behavioural Response Of The Malaria Mosquito Anopheles Gambiae Sensu Stricto To An Active Kairomone Blend: Laboratory And Semi-field Assays
(University of Nairobi, 2012)
Anopheles gambiae Giles sensu stricto (Diptera: Culicidae) is the most important vector of human malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, affecting the lives of millions of people. Existing tools such as insecticide-treated nets and ...
An exploratory survey of malaria prevalence and people's knowledge, attitudes and practices of mosquito larval source management for malaria control in western Kenya
(2010)
A large proportion of mosquito larval habitats in urban and rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa are man-made. Therefore, community-based larval source management (LSM) could make a significant contribution to malaria ...
Variation in host preferences of malaria mosquitoes is mediated by skin bacterial volatiles.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)
The host preferences of the anthropophilic mosquito species in the Anopheles gambiae complex (Diptera: Culicidae) are mediated by skin bacterial volatiles. However, it is not known whether these mosquitoes respond ...
The Effect Of Essential Oils Of Tagetes Minuta And Tithonia Diversifolia On On-host Behaviour Of The Brown Ear Tick Rhipicephalus Appendiculatus
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
On-host behaviour of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus was studied in the field in Bungoma County in Kenya to evaluate the putative repellent effects of essential oils of Tagetes minuta and Tithonia diversifolia at its predilection ...