[PDF][PDF] Individual and household level factors associated with malaria incidence in a highland region of Ethiopia: a multilevel analysis

I Peterson, LN Borrell, W El-Sadr… - American Journal of …, 2009 - researchgate.net
Multilevel analysis was used to identify individual and household level factors associated
with malaria risk in 1,367 individuals in a peri-urban area of highland Ethiopia. Living within …

Agent-based modelling of mosquito foraging behaviour for malaria control

W Gu, RJ Novak - Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Traditional environmental management programmes require extensive coverage of larval
habitats to reduce drastically the emergence of adult mosquitoes. Recent studies have …

[PDF][PDF] A temporal-spatial analysis of malaria transmission in Adama, Ethiopia

I Peterson, LN Borrell, W El-Sadr… - The American journal of …, 2009 - academia.edu
Urban malaria is a growing problem in Africa. Small-scale spatial studies are useful in
identifying foci of malaria transmission in urban communities. A population-based cohort …

Modeling the effects of integrating larval habitat source reduction and insecticide treated nets for malaria control

L Yakob, G Yan - PloS one, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Integrated vector management for malaria control has received a lot of recent interest.
Attacking multiple points in the transmission cycle is hoped to act synergistically and …

Malaria vectors and transmission dynamics in Goulmoun, a rural city in south-western Chad

C Kerah-Hinzoumbé, M Péka… - BMC infectious …, 2009 - Springer
Background Knowledge of some baseline entomological data such as Entomological
Inoculation Rates (EIR) is crucially needed to assess the epidemiological impact of malaria …

Evaluation of integrated vector management

H van den Berg, W Takken - Trends in Parasitology, 2009 - cell.com
Initiatives on integrated vector management (IVM) approaches are increasingly undertaken
as alternatives to existing vector control. An impact model of IVM is presented with …

Habitat stability and occurrences of malaria vector larvae in western Kenya highlands

YE Himeidan, G Zhou, L Yakob, Y Afrane, S Munga… - Malaria journal, 2009 - Springer
Background Although the occurrence of malaria vector larvae in the valleys of western
Kenya highlands is well documented, knowledge of larval habitats in the uphill sites is …

[PDF][PDF] Seasonal mosquito larval abundance and composition in Kibwezi, lower eastern Kenya

JM Mwangangi, EJ Muturi… - Journal of Vector Borne …, 2009 - researchgate.net
Background & objectives: Changes in weather patterns especially rainfall affects the
distribution and densities of mosquitoes. The objective of this study was to describe …

Developing operational algorithms using linear and non-linear squares estimation in Python® for the identification of Culex pipiens and Culex restuans in a mosquito …

BG Jacob, W Gu, EX Caamano, RJ Novak - Geospatial Health, 2009 - geospatialhealth.net
In this research, community level spatial models were developed for determining mosquito
abundance and environmental factors that could aid in the risk prediction of West Nile virus …

Hydrologic modeling to screen potential environmental management methods for malaria vector control in Niger

RL Gianotti, A Bomblies… - Water resources research, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
This paper describes the first use of Hydrology‐Entomology and Malaria Transmission
Simulator (HYDREMATS), a physically based distributed hydrology model, to investigate …