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Residual bioefficacy of attractive targeted sugar bait stations targeting malaria vectors during seasonal deployment in Western Province of Zambia [PDF]

Malaria Journal, 2023
Background The primary vector control interventions in Zambia are long-lasting insecticidal nets and indoor residual spraying. Challenges with these interventions include insecticide resistance and the outdoor biting and resting behaviours of many ...
Gift Mwaanga, Jacob Ford, Joshua Yukich, Benjamin Chanda, Ruth A. Ashton, Javan Chanda, Buster Munsanje, Emliny Muntanga, Malon Mulota, Christine Simuyandi, Boyd Mulala, Limonty Simubali, Kochelani Saili, Edgar Simulundu, John Miller, Busiku Hamainza, Erica Orange, Joseph Wagman, Monicah M. Mburu, Angela F. Harris, Julian Entwistle, Megan Littrell   +21 more
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Community acceptance of a novel malaria intervention, Attractive Targeted Sugar Baits, in the Zambia phase III trial [PDF]

Malaria Journal
Background Community acceptance is an important criterion to assess in community trials, particularly for new tools that require high coverage and use by a target population.
Erica Orange, Annie Arnzen, Chuma Muluma, Situmbeko Akalalambili, Titus Tobolo, Frank Ndalama, Chama Chishya, Kochelani Saili, Ruth A. Ashton, Thomas P. Eisele, Joshua Yukich, Irene Kyomuhangi, John Miller, Kafula Silumbe, Javan Chanda, Busiku Hamainza, Joseph Wagman, Laurence Slutsker, Thomas R. Burkot, Megan Littrell   +19 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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Characteristics of the Western Province, Zambia, trial site for evaluation of attractive targeted sugar baits for malaria vector control [PDF]

Malaria Journal
Background The attractive targeted sugar bait (ATSB) is a novel malaria vector control tool designed to attract and kill mosquitoes using a sugar-based bait, laced with oral toxicant.
Annie Arnzen, Joseph Wagman, Chama Chishya, Erica Orange, Thomas P. Eisele, Joshua Yukich, Ruth A. Ashton, Javan Chanda, Jimmy Sakala, Benjamin Chanda, Rayford Muyabe, Tresford Kaniki, Mwansa Mwenya, Gift Mwaanga, Will T. Eaton, Brooke Mancuso, Alice Mungo, Monicah M. Mburu, Nchimunya Bubala, Ackim Hagwamuna, Edgar Simulundu, Kochelani Saili, John M. Miller, Kafula Silumbe, Busiku Hamainza, Willy Ngulube, Hawela Moonga, Jacob Chirwa, Thomas R. Burkot, Laurence Slutsker, Megan Littrell   +30 more
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Entomological effects of attractive targeted sugar bait station deployment in Western Zambia: vector surveillance findings from a two-arm cluster randomized phase III trial [PDF]

Malaria Journal
Background Attractive targeted sugar bait (ATSB) stations are a novel tool with potential to complement current approaches to malaria vector control. To assess the public health value of ATSB station deployment in areas of high coverage with standard ...
Joseph Wagman, Benjamin Chanda, Javan Chanda, Kochelani Saili, Erica Orange, Patricia Mambo, Rayford Muyabe, Tresford Kaniki, Mwansa Mwenya, Mirabelle Ng’andu, Jimmy Sakala, Willy Ngulube, John Miller, Annie Arnzen, Kafula Silumbe, Gift Mwaanga, Limonty Simubali, Alice Mungo, Monicah M. Mburu, Edgar Simulundu, Brenda Mambwe, Racheal Kasaro, Conceptor Mulube, Mulenga Mwenda, Busiku Hamainza, Ruth A. Ashton, Thomas P. Eisele, Angela F. Harris, Julian Entwistle, Joshua Yukich, Laurence Slutsker, Thomas R. Burkot, Megan Littrell   +32 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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The efficacy of attractive targeted sugar baits in reducing malaria vector abundance in low-endemicity settings of northwest Mali [PDF]

Malaria Journal
Background Attractive targeted sugar baits (ATSBs) have the potential to significantly reduce infective female Anopheles mosquitoes in arid areas, such as in Northern Mali.
Mohamed M. Traore, Amy Junnila, Sekou F. Traore, Seydou Doumbia, Edita E. Revay, Yosef Schlein, Roman V. Yakovlev, Aidas Saldaitis, Liwang Cui, Gergely Petrányi, Rui-De Xue, Alexey M. Prozorov, Tatiana A. Prozorova, Aboubakr S. Kone, Nafomon Sogoba, Mahamadou Diakite, John Vontas, John C. Beier, Günter C. Müller   +18 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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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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Estimating the potential impact of Attractive Targeted Sugar Baits (ATSBs) as a new vector control tool for Plasmodium falciparum malaria [PDF]

Malaria Journal, 2021
Background Attractive targeted sugar baits (ATSBs) are a promising new tool for malaria control as they can target outdoor-feeding mosquito populations, in contrast to current vector control tools which predominantly target indoor-feeding mosquitoes ...
Keith J. Fraser, Lazaro Mwandigha, Sekou F. Traore, Mohamed M. Traore, Seydou Doumbia, Amy Junnila, Edita Revay, John C. Beier, John M. Marshall, Azra C. Ghani, Gunter Müller   +10 more
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