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ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2014

Needs for monitoring mosquito transmission of malaria in a pre-elimination world.

Stephanie James, Willem Takken, Frank H Collins, Michael Gottlieb

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Article in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Stephanie JamesScience Division, Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University and Research Center, Wageningen, The Netherlands; University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana.
Willem Takken
Frank H Collins
Michael Gottlieb

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As global efforts to eliminate malaria intensify, accurate information on vector populations and transmission dynamics is critical for directing control efforts, developing new control tools, and predicting the effects of these interventions under various conditions. Currently available sampling tools for mosquito population monitoring suffer from well-recognized limitations. As reported in this workshop summary, a recent gathering of medical entomologists, modelers, and malaria experts reviewed these issues and agreed that efforts are needed to improve methods to monitor key transmission parameters. Identified needs include standardized methods for sampling of both mosquito adults and larvae, improved tools for mosquito species identification and age-grading, and a better means for determining the entomological inoculation rate.

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AnimalsCulicidaeGlobal HealthHumansInsect VectorsLarvaMalariaSirolimusSirolimusumirolimus

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PMID24277786
PMCPMC3886429

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