Burkot, Thomas R.
Bugoro, Hugo
Apairamo, Allan
Cooper, Robert D.
Echeverry, Diego F.
Odabasi, Danyal
Beebe, Nigel W.
Makuru, Victoria
Xiao, Honglin
Davidson, Jenna R.
Deason, Nicholas A.
Reuben, Hedrick
Kazura, James W.
Collins, Frank H.
Lobo, Neil F.
Russell, Tanya L.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (45114)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (U19AI08986)
Article History
Received: 20 September 2018
Accepted: 14 November 2018
First Online: 27 November 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approvals were obtained from the National Health Research & Ethics Committee, Solomon Islands (2011-05-02, HRE002/16), the James Cook University Human Research Ethics Committee, Australia (H4914 and H6488), the University of Notre Dame Institutional Review Board (FWA 00002462) and University Hospitals Case Medical Centre Institutional Review Board for Human Investigation, USA (05–11–11). Meetings were held with community leaders, study participants and village residents, where the aims, the possible risks and potential benefits of the study were explained in Solomon Islands Pidgin. Mosquito collectors were then recruited from village residents and enrolled in the study after the risks were explained and an informed consent agreement signed.
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