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| Title |
Comprehensive Sterilization of Malaria Vectors Using Pyriproxyfen: A Step Closer to Malaria Elimination
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|---|---|
| Published in |
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, March 2014
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| DOI | 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0550 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Dickson W. Lwetoijera, Caroline Harris, Samson S. Kiware, Gerry F. Killeen, Stefan Dongus, Gregor J. Devine, Silas Majambere |
| Abstract |
One of the main challenges to malaria elimination is the resilience of vectors, such as Anopheles arabiensis, that evade lethal exposure to insecticidal control measures or express resistance to their active ingredients. This study investigated a novel technology for population control that sterilizes mosquitoes using pyriproxyfen, a juvenile hormone analogue. Females of An. arabiensis were released in a semifield system divided into four equal sections, and each section had a mud hut sheltering a tethered cow providing a blood source for mosquitoes. In all sections, the inner mud hut walls and roofs were lined with black cotton cloth. In one-half of the sections, the cloth was dusted with pyriproxyfen. An overwhelming 96% reduction in adult production was achieved in pyriproxyfen-treated sections compared with control sections. This unprecedented level of control can be exploited to design new vector control strategies that particularly target existing behaviorally resilient and insecticide-resistant populations. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 3% |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 2 | 3% |
| Unknown | 64 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 13 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 10 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 13% |
| Other | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 7 | 10% |
| Unknown | 15 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 15 | 22% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 10 | 15% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 9% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 7% |
| Environmental Science | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 11 | 16% |
| Unknown | 17 | 25% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 April 2014.
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