Eave tubes for malaria control in Africa: an introduction

Malaria Journal

Commentary

Sergej Sperling¹  Michael Cordel¹  Andreas Rose¹  Patrick Hartmann²  Johan Deschietere²  Eleanore D. Sternberg³  Matthew B. Thomas³  Ladslaus L. Mnyone⁴  Stella T. Kessy⁴  Issa N. Lyimo⁴  Valeriana S. Mayagaya⁴  Kija R. Ng’habi⁴  Janneke Snetselaar⁵  Johan M. H. Knols⁵  Remco A. Suer⁵  Bart G. J. Knols⁵  Rob Andriessen⁵  Anne J. Osinga⁵  Marit Farenhorst⁵ 

[1] Biogents AG, Weißenburgstraße 22, 93055, Regensburg, Germany;CTF2000, Baaikensstraat 11, 9240, Zele, Belgium;Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics and Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA;Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, PO Box 53, Ifakara, Tanzania;In2Care BV, Marijkeweg 22, 6709 PG, Wageningen, The Netherlands;

关键词: Vector control;    Resistance;    Eave tube;    House modification;    Africa;    Malaria elimination;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12936-016-1452-x

 received in 2016-05-18, accepted in 2016-07-25,  发布年份 2016

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

In spite of massive progress in the control of African malaria since the turn of the century, there is a clear and recognized need for additional tools beyond long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets (LLINs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS) of insecticides, to progress towards elimination. Moreover, widespread and intensifying insecticide resistance requires alternative control agents and delivery systems to enable development of effective insecticide resistance management strategies. This series of articles presents a novel concept for malaria vector control, the ‘eave tube’, which may fulfil these important criteria. From its conceptualization to laboratory and semi-field testing, to demonstration of potential for implementation, the stepwise development of this new vector control approach is described. These studies suggest eave tubes (which comprise a novel way of delivering insecticides plus screening to make the house more ‘mosquito proof’) could be a viable, cost-effective, and acceptable control tool for endophilic and endophagic anophelines, and possibly other (nuisance) mosquitoes. The approach could be applicable in a wide variety of housing in sub-Saharan Africa, and possibly beyond, for vectors that use the eave as their primary house entry point. The results presented in these articles were generated during an EU-FP7 funded project, the mosquito contamination device (MCD) project, which ran between 2012 and 2015. This was a collaborative project undertaken by vector biologists, product developers, modellers, materials scientists, and entrepreneurs from five different countries.

【 授权许可】

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© The Author(s) 2016