ArticleParasites & vectors2018
Malaria infection in mosquitoes decreases the personal protection offered by permethrin-treated bednets.
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- Utilization of insecticide-treated nets for malaria prevention among children in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Malaria journal · 2025Pooled it
- Mapping of access and usage of insecticide-treated nets in Nigeria.Malaria journal · 2025Article
- Prevalence and determinants of malaria among children aged 6-59 months in Tanzania: a nationwide cross-sectional study.Malaria journal · 2025Article
- Sublethal insecticide exposure of larvae affects the blood-feeding behaviour of adult mosquitoes.Parasites & vectors · 2025Article
- Impact of Titanium Mining and Other Anthropogenic Activities on Malaria Positivity Rates and Parasitemia in Five Selected Study Sites in Msambweni Subcounty, Kwale County, Kenya.Journal of parasitology research · 2025Article
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- Sub-lethal exposure to chlorfenapyr reduces the probability of developing Plasmodium falciparum parasites in surviving Anopheles mosquitoes.Parasites & vectors · 2023Article
- Factors associated with use of insecticide-treated net for malaria prevention in Manica District, Mozambique: a community-based cross-sectional survey.Malaria journal · 2021Article
- Impact of Insecticide Resistance onJournal of parasitology research · 2020Article
- Efficacy of vector control tools against malaria-infected mosquitoes.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- The interaction between permethrin exposure and malaria infection affects the host-seeking behaviour of mosquitoes.Malaria journal · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundInsecticides targeting adult mosquitoes are the main way of controlling malaria. They work not only by killing mosquitoes, but also by repelling and irritating them. Indeed their repellent action gives valuable personal protection against biting mosquitoes. In the context of malaria control this personal protection is especially relevant when mosquitoes are infectious, whereas to protect the community we would prefer that the mosquitoes that are not yet infectious are killed (so, not repelled) by the insecticide. As the infectious stage of malaria parasites increases the motivation of mosquitoes to bite, we predicted that it would also change their behavioural response to insecticides.
resultsWith two systems, a laboratory isolate of the rodent malaria Plasmodium berghei infecting Anopheles gambiae and several isolates of P. falciparum obtained from schoolchildren in Tanzania that infected Anopheles arabiensis, we found that mosquitoes harbouring the infectious stage (the sporozoites) of the parasite were less repelled by permethrin-treated nets than uninfected ones.
conclusionsOur results suggest that, at least in the laboratory, malaria infection decreases the personal protection offered by insecticide-treated nets at the stage where the personal protection is most valuable. Further studies must investigate whether these results hold true in the field and whether the less effective personal protection can be balanced by increased community protection.
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