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Time to loss of physical integrity of attractive targeted sugar bait (ATSB) stations in Western Province, Zambia: a survival analysis [PDF]

Malaria Journal
Background Attractive targeted sugar baits (ATSBs) are a potential addition to an integrated vector management strategy against malaria. ATSB stations, which include a sugar bait and an ingestion toxicant, could potentially be deployed to attract-and ...
Refilwe Y. Karabo, Masuzyo H. Mundia, Mwansa Mwenya, Kochelani Saili, John Miller, Kafula Silumbe, Irene Kyomuhangi, Joseph Wagman, Javan Chanda, Erica Orange, Busiku Hamainza, Angela F. Harris, Julian Entwistle, Laurence Slutsker, Thomas R. Burkot, Megan Littrell, Thomas P. Eisele, Ruth A. Ashton, Joshua Yukich   +18 more
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Cost and cost-effectiveness of attractive targeted sugar baits (ATSB) in the context of a phase III cluster randomized control trial in Western Province, Zambia [PDF]

Malaria Journal
Background Vector control is the most important malaria prevention strategy in Zambia. Attractive Targeted Sugar Baits (ATSB) are a potential new tool for vector control in this setting, which, if efficacious, would be intended to supplement insecticide ...
Brooke Mancuso, Erica Orange, Thomas P. Eisele, Ruth A. Ashton, Megan Littrell, Mulenga Matches, John M. Miller, Javan Chanda, Sosenna Assefa, Joseph Wagman, Kafula Silumbe, Busiku Hamainza, Kochelani Saili, Laurence Slutsker, Joshua Yukich   +14 more
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Evaluating a novel multi-species vector control tool for humanitarian crises: the efficacy of attractive targeted sugar baits among forcibly displaced populations in Northern Nigeria [PDF]

BMC Medicine
Background Armed conflicts, natural disasters and forced population displacement have escalated dramatically since the 1990s. By mid-2024, the total number of people driven from their homes, often surviving in very harsh conditions for years, reached 122.
Richard James Allan, Mohammad Kamal, Sajjad Ahmad, Muhammad Musa Ibrahim, Umar Ba’abba Goni, Garba Mohammed Ashir, Mala Waziri, Blaise Nfornuh Alenwi, Sara Estecha-Querol, Karen Lorena Figueroa Chilito, David Weetman, Godwin Ntadom, Louisa Alexandra Messenger   +12 more
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An Environmentally-Friendly RNAi Yeast-Attractive Targeted Sugar Bait Turns off the Drosophila suzukii Rbfox1 Gene [PDF]

Insects
Spotted wing drosophila (SWD), Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae), are invasive vinegar flies of East Asian origin that are an increasingly global threat to the small fruit industry.
Keshava Mysore, Jackson Graham, Saisuhas Nelaturi, Teresia M. Njoroge, Majidah Hamid-Adiamoh, Akilah T. M. Stewart, Longhua Sun, Molly Duman-Scheel   +7 more
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Effectiveness of Attractive Toxic Sugar Baits (ATSB) in Reducing Cutaneous Leishmaniasis among Military Personnel in Isfahan Province, Central Part of Iran [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Parasitology
Background: We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of Attractive Toxic Sugar Baits (ATSB) in reducing the incidence of Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) among military personnel in Isfahan Province, Iran.
Mohammad Saneian, Mohammad Barati, Seyyed-Javad Hosseini-Shokouh, Arasb Dabbagh-Moghaddam, Mehdi Mohebali, Zahra Mirabedini   +5 more
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Evaluating trends in damage to attractive targeted sugar baits (ATSBs) deployed during the second year of a two-year Phase III trial in Western Zambia [PDF]

Malaria Journal
Background Attractive Targeted Sugar Baits (ATSBs) are a proposed new vector control tool for malaria that contain sugar and an ingestion toxicant, and are designed to attract and kill sugar-feeding mosquitoes.
Irene Kyomuhangi, Joshua Yukich, Kochelani Saili, Erica Orange, Mundia H. Masuzyo, Mwansa Mwenya, Patricia Mambo, Busiku Hamainza, Joe Wagman, John Miller, Javan Chanda, Kafula Silumbe, Megan Littrell, Thomas P. Eisele, Ruth A. Ashton   +14 more
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Deployment of attractive targeted sugar baits in western Zambia: installation, monitoring, removal, and disposal procedures during a Phase III cluster randomized controlled trial [PDF]

Malaria Journal
Background Attractive Targeted Sugar Baits (ATSBs) offer a complementary vector control strategy to interventions targeting blood feeding or larval control by attacking the sugar feeding behaviour of adult mosquitoes using an attract-and-kill approach ...
Erica Orange, Irene Kyomuhangi, Mundia Masuzyo, Mwansa Mwenya, Patricia Mambo, Kochelani Saili, Chama Chishya, Javan Chanda, Ruth A. Ashton, Thomas P. Eisele, Joshua Yukich, John Miller, Kafula Silumbe, Busiku Hamainza, Joseph Wagman, Annie Arnzen, Angela F. Harris, Julian Entwistle, Laurence Slutsker, Thomas R. Burkot, Megan Littrell   +20 more
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Exploring the epidemiological impact of attractive targeted sugar bait against malaria in combination with standard malaria control [PDF]

Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases
Attractive targeted sugar bait (ATSB) is a potential new vector control tool that exploits the sugar-feeding behaviour of mosquitoes. Little is known about the factors which drive ATSB efficacy, either as a standalone vector control tool or in ...
Nima R. Moghaddas, Mohamed M. Traore, Gunter C. Müller, Joseph Wagman, Javan Chanda, Julian Entwistle, Christen M. Fornadel, Thomas S. Churcher   +7 more
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First initiative to develop a standard methodology for the evaluation of Attractive Targeted Sugar Baits in different settings against targeted mosquito vectors: a methodological review [PDF]

Malaria Journal
Background Vector-borne diseases remain a major global health problem, mostly in tropical and subtropical areas. Effective vector control is crucial for controlling vector borne diseases (VBDs).
Appadurai Daniel Reegan, Sam Joy, Purushotham Jambulingam, Manju Rahi   +3 more
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Comparative analysis of the use of Community Health Workers while deploying the Attractive Targeted Sugar Bait (ATSB) for malaria control in Western Province, Zambia [PDF]

Malaria Journal
Background Community Health Workers (CHWs) play a crucial role in malaria control efforts, yet their contributions to large-scale field trials remain understudied.
Frank Ndalama, David Mulenga, Annie Arnzen, Situmbeko Akalalambili, Titus Tobolo, Chuma Maluma, Chama Chishya, Kochelani Saili, Ruth A. Ashton, John Miller, Kafula Silumbe, Javan Chanda, Busiku Hamainza, Megan Littrell, Erica Orange   +14 more
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