Malaria vectors and their blood-meal sources in an area of high bed net ownership in the western Kenya highlands

Malaria Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Ndenga, Bryson A ^a   Mulaya, Nicholas L ^a   Musaki, Sandra K ^a   Shiroko, Joan N ^a   Dongus, Stefan ^b   Fillinger, Ulrike ^c,d  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES FUNESTUS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANOPHELES LEESONI; ANOPHELES RIVULORUM; ANOPHELES VANEEDENI; ARTICLE; BED NET; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTICATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDOOR RESIDUAL SPRAYING; KENYA; LIVESTOCK; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; ANIMAL; INSECTICIDE TREATED NET; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; KENYA; MALARIA; OWNERSHIP;

EID: 84959550135     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-016-1115-y     Document Type: Article

References (60)

1. Garrett-Jones C. The human blood index of malaria vectors in relation to epidemiological assessment. Bull World Health Organ. 1964;30:241-61.
2. Gillies M, de Meillon B. The Anophelinae of Africa south of the Sahara (Ethiopian Zoogeographical Region). Johannesburg: S Afric Inst Med Res; 1968.
3. Coluzzi M. The clay feet of the malaria giant and its African roots: Hypotheses and inferences about origin, spread and control of Plasmodium falciparum. Parassitologia. 1999;41:277-83.
4. Sinka M, Bangs M, Manguin S, Coetzee M, Mbogo C, Hemingway J, et al. The dominant Anopheles vectors of human malaria in Africa, Europe and the Middle East: Occurrence data, distribution maps and bionomic précis. Parasit Vectors. 2010;3:117.
5. Noor A, Kinyoki D, Mundia C, Kabaria C, Mutua J, Alegana V, et al. The changing risk of Plasmodium falciparum malaria infection in Africa: 2000-10: A spatial and temporal analysis of transmission intensity. Lancet Infect Dis. 2014;383:1739-47.
6. Githeko A, Service M, Mbogo C, Atieli F, Juma F. Origin of blood meals in indoor and outdoor resting malaria vectors in western Kenya. Acta Trop. 1994;58:307-16.
7. Beier J, Perkins P, Wirtz R, Koros J, Diggs D, Gargan T, et al. Bloodmeal identification by direct enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), tested on Anopheles (Diptera: Culicidae) in Kenya. J Med Entomol. 1988;25:9-16.
8. Shililu J, Maier W, Seitz H, Orago A. Seasonal density, sporozoite rates and entomological inoculation rates of Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles funestus in a high-altitude sugarcane growing zone in Western Kenya. Trop Med Int Health. 1998;3:706-10.
9. Ndenga B, Githeko A, Omukunda E, Munyekenye G, Atieli H, Wamai P, et al. Population dynamics of malaria vectors in western Kenya highlands. J Med Entomol. 2006;43:200-6.
10. Ototo E, Mbugi J, Wanjala C, Zhou G, Githeko A, Yan G. Surveillance of malaria vector population density and biting behaviour in western Kenya. Malar J. 2015;14:244.
11. Mwangangi J, Mbogo C, Nzovu J, Githure J, Yan G, Beier J. Blood-meal analysis for anopheline mosquitoes sampled along the Kenyan coast. J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 2003;19:371-5.
12. WHO. Recommendations for achieving universal coverage with long-lasting insecticidal nets in malaria control. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2014.
13. Gimnig J, Kolczak M, Hightower A, Vulule J, Schoute E, Kamau L, et al. Effect of permethrin-treated bed nets on the spatial distribution of malaria vectors in western Kenya. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2003;68:115-20.
14. Gimnig J, Vulule J, Lo T, Kamau L, Kolczak M, Phillips-Howard P, et al. Impact of permethrin-treated bed nets on entomologic indices in an area of intense year-round malaria transmission. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2003;68:16-22.
15. Magesa S, Wilkes T, Mnzava A, Njunwa K, Myamba J, Kivuyo M, et al. Trial of pyrethroid impregnated bednets in an area of Tanzania holoendemic for malaria. Part 2. Effects on the malaria vector population. Acta Trop. 1991;49:97-108.
16. Fillinger U, Ndenga B, Githeko A, Lindsay S. Integrated malaria vector control with microbial larvicides and insecticide-treated nets in western Kenya: A controlled trial. Bull World Health Organ. 2009;87:655-65.
17. Ndenga B, Simbauni J, Mbugi J, Githeko A, Fillinger U. Productivity of malaria vectors from different habitat types in the western Kenya highlands. PLoS One. 2011;6:e19473.
18. Kweka E, Kamau L, Munga S, Lee M, Githeko A, Yan G. A first report of Anopheles funestus sibling species in western Kenya highlands. Acta Trop. 2013;128:158-61.
19. Wanjala C, Waitumbi J, Zhou G, Githeko A. Identification of malaria transmission and epidemic hotspots in the western Kenya highlands: Its application to malaria epidemic prediction. Parasit Vectors. 2011;4:1-13.
20. Atieli H, Zhou G, Afrane Y, Lee M, Mwanzo I, Githeko A, et al. Insecticide-treated net (ITN) ownership, usage, and malaria transmission in the highlands of western Kenya. Parasit Vectors. 2011;4:81.
21. KNBS. The 2009 Kenya population and housing census: Population distribution by political units. Kenya Nat Bureau of Stat. 2009;2010(1B):23.
22. Kristjanson P, Krishna A, Radeny M, Nindo W. Pathways out of poverty in western Kenya and the role of livestock. Rome: FAO; 2004.
23. WHO. Manual on practical entomology in malaria, Part II: Methods and techniques. Geneva: World Health Organization; 1975.
24. Wong J, Bayoh N, Olang G, Killeen G, Hamel M, Vulule J, et al. Standardizing operational vector sampling techniques for measuring malaria transmission intensity: Evaluation of six mosquito collection methods in western Kenya. Malar J. 2013;12:143.
25. Odiere M, Bayoh M, Gimnig J, Vulule J, Irungu L, Walker E. Sampling outdoor, resting Anopheles gambiae and other mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in western Kenya with clay pots. J Med Entomol. 2007;44:14-22.
26. Gillett J, Smith J. Common African mosquitoes and their medical importance. London: Will Hein Med Books Ltd.; 1972.
27. Gillies M, Coetzee M. A supplement to the anophelinae of Africa South of the Sahara (Afrotropical region). Johannesburg: S Afric Inst Med Res; 1987.
28. Scott J, Brogdon W, Collins F. Identification of single specimens of the Anopheles gambiae complex by the polymerase chain reaction. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1993;49:520-9.
29. Burgert C, Bradley S, Eckert E, Arnold F. Improving estimates of insecticide-treated mosquito net coverage from household surveys: Using geographic coordinates to account for endemicity and seasonality. DHS analytical studies No. 32. Maryland: ICF International; 2012.
30. Githinji S, Herbst S, Kistemann T, Noor A. Mosquito nets in a rural area of Western Kenya: Ownership, use and quality. Malar J. 2010;9:250.
31. Zhou G, Li J, Ototo E, Atieli H, Githeko A, Yan G. Evaluation of universal coverage of insecticide-treated nets in western Kenya: Field surveys. Malar J. 2014;13:351.
32. WHO. World malaria report 2008. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2008.
33. Mathenge E, Gimnig J, Kolczak M, Ombok M, Irungu L, Hawley W. Effect of permethrin-impregnated nets on exiting behavior, blood feeding success and time of feeding of malaria mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in western Kenya. J Med Entomol. 2001;38:531-6.
34. ®) for malaria control in an endemic area, southeast of Iran. Acta Trop. 2012;123:146-53.
35. Service M, Joshi G, Pradhan G. A survey of Anopheles gambiae (species A) and An. arabiensis (species B) of the An. gambiae Giles complex in the Kisumu area of Kenya following insecticidal spraying with OMS-43 (Fenitrothion). Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 1978;72:377-86.
36. Lardeux F, Loayza P, Bouchité B, Chavez T. Host choice and human blood index of Anopheles pseudopunctipennis in a village of the Andean valleys of Bolivia. Malar J. 2007;6:8.
37. Muriu S, Muturi E, Shililu J, Mbogo C, Mwangangi J, Jacob B, et al. Host choice and multiple blood feeding behaviour of malaria vectors and other anophelines in Mwea rice scheme, Kenya. Malar J. 2008;7:43.
38. Kaburi J, Githuto J, Muthami L, Ngure P, Mueke J, Mwandawiro C. Effects of long-lasting insecticidal nets and zooprophylaxis on mosquito feeding behaviour and density in Mwea, central Kenya. J Vector Borne Dis. 2009;46:184-90.
39. Mutuku F, King C, Mungai P, Mbogo C, Mwangangi J, Muchiri E, et al. Impact of insecticide-treated bed nets on malaria transmission indices on the south coast of Kenya. Malar J. 2011;10:356.
40. Okwa O, Bello B, Olundegun S. Human host preference of Anopheles mosquitoes collected from students hostels in a Nigerian university. South Asian J Exp Biol. 2011;1:141-6.
41. Pappa V, Reddy M, Overgaard H, Abaga S, Caccone A. Estimation of the human blood index in malaria mosquito vectors in Equatorial Guinea after indoor antivector interventions. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011;84:298-301.
42. Tanga M, Ngundu W, Tchouassi P. Daily survival and human blood index of major malaria vectors associated with oil palm cultivation in Cameroon and their role in malaria transmission. Trop Med Int Health. 2011;16:447-57.
43. Animut A, Balkew M, Gebre-Michael T, Lindtjørn B. Blood meal sources and entomological inoculation rates of anophelines along a highland altitudinal transect in south-central Ethiopia. Malar J. 2013;12:76.
44. Massebo F, Balkew M, Gebre-Michael T, Lindtjørn B. Blood meal origins and insecticide susceptibility of Anopheles arabiensis from Chano in South-West Ethiopia. Parasit Vectors. 2013;6:44.
45. Ngom E, Ndione J, Ba Y, Konaté L, Faye O, Diallo M, et al. Spatio-temporal analysis of host preferences and feeding patterns of malaria vectors in the sylvo-pastoral area of Senegal: Impact of landscape classes. Parasit Vectors. 2013;6:332.
46. Noor A, Amin A, Akhwale W, Snow R. Increasing coverage and decreasing inequity in insecticide-treated bed net use among rural Kenyan children. PLoS Med. 2007;4:e255.
47. DOMC. Malaria in Kenya: Epidemiology of malaria in Kenya. Div Malar Contr. 2014.
48. Rowland M, Durrani N, Kenward M, Mohammed N, Urahman H, Hewitt S. Control of malaria in Pakistan by applying deltamethrin insecticide to cattle: A community-randomised trial. Lancet. 2001;357:1837-41.
49. Habtewold T, Prior A, Torr S, Gibson G. Could insecticide-treated cattle reduce Afrotropical malaria transmission? Effects of deltamethrin-treated Zebu on Anopheles arabiensis behaviour and survival in Ethiopia. Med Vet Entomol. 2004;18:408-17.
50. Franco A, Gomes M, Rowland M, Coleman P, Davies C. Controlling malaria using livestock-based interventions: A one health approach. PLoS One. 2014;9:101699.
51. Ranson H, N'guessan R, Lines J, Moiroux N, Nkuni Z, Corbel V. Pyrethroid resistance in African anopheline mosquitoes: What are the implications for malaria control? Trends Parasitol. 2011;27:91-8.
52. McLaughlin R, Focks D, Dame D. Residual activity of permethrin on cattle as determined by mosquito bioassays. J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 1989;5:60-3.
53. Vythilingam I, Ridhawati, Sani R, Singh K. Residual activity of cyhalothrin 20% EC on cattle as determined by mosquito bioassays. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 1993;24:544-8.
54. Schmidtmann E, Lloyd J, Bobian R, Kumar R, Waggoner J, Tabachinick W, et al. Suppression of mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) and black fly (Diptera: Simuliidae) blood feeding from Hereford cattle and ponies treated with permethrin. J Med Entomol. 2001;38:728-34.
55. Lloyd J, Schmidtmann E, Kumar R, Bobian R, Waggoner J, Legg D, et al. Suppression of bloodfeeding by Ochlerotatus dorsalis and Ochlerotatus melanimon on cattle treated with python ear tags. J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 2002;18:207-9.
56. Saul A. Zooprophylaxis or zoopotentiation: The outcome of introducing animals on vector transmission is highly dependent on the mosquito mortality while searching. Malar J. 2003;2:32.
57. Ouédraogo A, Bastiaens G, Tiono A, Guelbéogo W, Kobylinski K, Ouédraogo A, et al. Efficacy and safety of the mosquitocidal drug ivermectin to prevent malaria transmission after treatment: A double-blind, randomized, clinical trial. Clin Infect Dis. 2015;60:357-65.
58. Hewitt S, Rowland M. Control of zoophilic malaria vectors by applying pyrethroid insecticides to cattle. Trop Med Int Health. 1999;4:481-6.
59. Tirados I, Costantini C, Gibson G, Torr S. Blood-feeding behaviour of the malarial mosquito Anopheles arabiensis: Implications for vector control. Med Vet Entomol. 2006;20:425-37.
60. Mathys T. Effectiveness of zooprophylaxis for malaria prevention and control in settings of complex and protracted emergency. Interdiscip Perspect Scie Humanitar. 2010;1:1-26.