Ngowo, Halfan S.
Limwagu, Alex J.
Ferguson, Heather M.
Matthiopoulos, Jason
Okumu, Fredros O.
Nelli, Luca
Funding for this research was provided by:
Wellcome Trust (102350)
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (OPP1099295)
Article History
Received: 27 March 2022
Accepted: 19 July 2022
First Online: 17 August 2022
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was obtained from the Ifakara Health Institute’s Institutional review board (IHI/IRB/No: 06-2016), and the Medical Research Coordination Committee of the National Institute for Medical Research in Tanzania (MRCC) (NIMR/HQ/R.8a/Vol.IX/2218). Written informed consent was obtained prior to the start of the experiment for every compound owner where the traps were located. Consent was also obtained from volunteers involved in the collections of mosquitoes using HLC and inside the M-trap fitted with CDC (MTRC). Those involved in HLC were provided with malaria prophylaxis as pre-scribed by licensed medical personnel. Volunteers were regularly checked for malaria parasite. From the beginning of the study to its completion, no volunteers were found positive with <i>Plasmodium</i>.
: Permission to publish was obtained from the Medical Research Coordinating Committee (MRCC) at the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) (Ref: No: NIMR/HQ/P.12 VOL XXXIV/8).
: The authors declare no competing interests.