The rice agroecosystem provides suitable breeding habitat for many malaria vector species,
and rice-adjacent communities are consequently exposed to a greater malaria transmission …

Background Malaria vectors have a strong ecological association with rice agroecosystems,
which can provide abundant aquatic habitats for larval development. Climate-adapted rice …

Background Physical objects like vegetation can influence oviposition by mosquitoes on soil
or water substrates. Anopheles gambiae sl is generally thought to utilize puddles over bare …

Control of African malaria vectors is dependent on insecticides via residual sprays IRS or
insecticide treated nets ITNs. Emergent vector resistance to pyrethroids in sub-Saharan …

Mosquito oviposition site selection is essential for vector population dynamics and malaria
epidemiology. Irrigated rice cultivations provide ideal larval habitats for malaria mosquitoes …

Background Whilst it is well known that rice production in Africa increases the production of
Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes, most studies have investigated this in irrigation schemes …

Background Studies were conducted between April 2004 and February 2006 to determine
the blood-feeding pattern of Anopheles mosquitoes in Mwea Kenya. Methods Samples were …

The search for tools that target malaria vector that resist insecticides and bite outdoors has
become a research priority. Such tools will be necessary for managing residual malaria …

Field experiments were conducted in central Kenya, to study the effect of ammonium
sulphate fertiliser ((NH4) 2SO4) on mosquito larval populations in rice fields. The …

The aim of this study was to document what water types were most stimulatory to oviposition
by the malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae Giles ss In laboratory choice tests, dishes of …