ArticleMalaria journal2014
A push-pull system to reduce house entry of malaria mosquitoes.
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- Assessing the impact of low-technology emanators alongside long-lasting insecticidal nets to control malaria.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2021Article
- Predicting the impact of outdoor vector control interventions on malaria transmission intensity from semi-field studies.Parasites & vectors · 2021Article
- Evaluating putative repellent 'push' and attractive 'pull' components for manipulating the odour orientation of host-seeking malaria vectors in the peri-domestic space.Parasites & vectors · 2021Article
- Taking the 'I' out of LLINs: using insecticides in vector control tools other than long-lasting nets to fight malaria.Malaria journal · 2020Article
- Eave ribbons treated with transfluthrin can protect both users and non-users against malaria vectors.Malaria journal · 2019Article
- Evaluating synthetic odours and trap designs for monitoring Anopheles farauti in Queensland, Australia.Malaria journal · 2019Article
- Electrospinning repellents in polyvinyl alcohol-nanofibres for obtaining mosquito-repelling fabrics.Royal Society open science · 2019Article
- Evaluation of a push-pull system consisting of transfluthrin-treated eave ribbons and odour-baited traps for control of indoor- and outdoor-biting malaria vectors.Malaria journal · 2019Article
- Assessment of the Suna trap for sampling mosquitoes indoors and outdoors.Malaria journal · 2019Article
- Does artemether-lumefantrine administration affect mosquito olfactory behaviour and fitness?Malaria journal · 2019Article
- Modern Vector Control.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine · 2018Review
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Abstract
backgroundMosquitoes are the dominant vectors of pathogens that cause infectious diseases such as malaria, dengue, yellow fever and filariasis. Current vector control strategies often rely on the use of pyrethroids against which mosquitoes are increasingly developing resistance. Here, a push-pull system is presented, that operates by the simultaneous use of repellent and attractive volatile odorants. METHOD/
resultsExperiments were carried out in a semi-field set-up: a traditional house which was constructed inside a screenhouse. The release of different repellent compounds, para-menthane-3,8-diol (PMD), catnip oil e.o. and delta-undecalactone, from the four corners of the house resulted in significant reductions of 45% to 81.5% in house entry of host-seeking malaria mosquitoes. The highest reductions in house entry (up to 95.5%), were achieved by simultaneously repelling mosquitoes from the house (push) and removing them from the experimental set-up using attractant-baited traps (pull).
conclusionsThe outcome of this study suggests that a push-pull system based on attractive and repellent volatiles may successfully be employed to target mosquito vectors of human disease. Reductions in house entry of malaria vectors, of the magnitude that was achieved in these experiments, would likely affect malaria transmission. The repellents used are non-toxic and can be used safely in a human environment. Delta-undecalactone is a novel repellent that showed higher effectiveness than the established repellent PMD. These results encourage further development of the system for practical implementation in the field.
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