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ArticleCurrent research in parasitology & vector-borne diseases2025

Exploring the epidemiological impact of attractive targeted sugar bait against malaria in combination with standard malaria control.

Nima R Moghaddas, Mohamed M Traore, Gunter C Müller, Joseph Wagman, Javan Chanda, Julian Entwistle, Christen M Fornadel, Thomas S Churcher

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Article in Current research in parasitology & vector-borne diseases, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Nima R MoghaddasMedical Research Council Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London, UK.
Mohamed M TraoreMalaria Research and Training Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Odonto-Stomatology, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technology of Bamako, Bamako, Mali.
Gunter C MüllerMalaria Research and Training Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Odonto-Stomatology, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technology of Bamako, Bamako, Mali.
Joseph WagmanMalaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases Program, Center for Malaria Control and Elimination, PATH, Washington, DC, USA.
Javan ChandaPATH Malaria Control and Elimination Partnership in Africa, Lusaka, Zambia.
Julian EntwistleInnovative Vector Control Consortium, Liverpool, UK.
Christen M FornadelInnovative Vector Control Consortium, Liverpool, UK.
Thomas S ChurcherMedical Research Council Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London, UK.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Attractive targeted sugar bait (ATSB) is a potential new vector control tool that exploits the sugar-feeding behaviour of mosquitoes. Little is known about the factors which drive ATSB efficacy, either as a standalone vector control tool or in combination with existing intervention strategies. It has been suggested that the percentage of wild mosquitoes caught fed on dye-containing sugar baits without the toxin could provide an entomological correlate of the potential epidemiological benefit of ATSB. A transmission dynamics mathematical model is combined with data from wild mosquitoes to investigate the relationship between the mosquito dyed fraction, bait-feeding rate and the potential epidemiological impact of ATSB in the presence of standard malaria control. The dyed fraction in Mali varies substantially in space and time (mean 0.34, standard deviation 0.15), causing estimates of the bait-feeding rate to be highly uncertain, especially in areas with existing vector control tools. The model indicates the dyed fractions observed in field experiments were broadly predictive of the reductions in mosquitoes caught when ATSB stations were deployed at scale in Mali (

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ATSBBaitMalariaMathematical modellingSugar feedingVector control

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PMID40027173
PMCPMC11869851

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