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Host Decoy Trap (HDT) with cattle odour is highly effective for collection of exophagic malaria vectors

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-3099-7

Published Online: 2018-10-15

Published Print: 2018-12

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Authors

Abong’o, Bernard https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5038-604X
Yu, Xiaoyu

Donnelly, Martin J.

Geier, Martin

Gibson, Gabriella

Gimnig, John

ter Kuile, Feiko

Lobo, Neil F.

Ochomo, Eric

Munga, Stephen

Ombok, Maurice

Samuels, Aaron

Torr, Stephen J.

Hawkes, Frances M.
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

Medical Research Foundation (MR/P025404/1)

Eck Institute for Global Health, University of Notre Dame
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Article History

Received: 8 May 2018

Accepted: 5 September 2018

First Online: 15 October 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: The study was approved by the Kenya Medical Research Institute/ Scientific and Ethics Review Unit (KEMRI/SERU), number 2776 and by CDC through a reliance agreement with KEMRI/SERU (CDC IRB 6728). Individuals participating in HLC gave a written consent. They were screened for malaria and treated if positive. The collectors were placed on malaria prophylaxis, Mephaquin (Acino Pharma AG, Switzerland) one week before collections begun, with repeat doses once every week through the collection period, until four weeks after collections ended. The household head for the compounds used in the study provided consent for use of cows.

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