PLASMODIUM-FALCIPARUM SPOROZOITE AND ENTOMOLOGICAL INOCULATION RATES AT THE AHERO RICE IRRIGATION SCHEME AND THE MIWANI SUGAR-BELT IN WESTERN KENYA
PLASMODIUM-FALCIPARUM SPOROZOITE AND ENTOMOLOGICAL INOCULATION RATES AT THE AHERO RICE IRRIGATION SCHEME AND THE MIWANI SUGAR-BELT IN WESTERN KENYA
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DOI:
10.1080/00034983.1993.11812782
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发表时间:
1993-08-01
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JUMA, FO
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作者:
GITHEKO, AK;SERVICE, MW;JUMA, FO
Anopheles arabiensisandAn. funestuswere collected by pyrethrum spray sheet collections in houses and by human-bait catches at a village in western Kenya adjacent to the Ahero rice irrigation scheme; and using the same methods,An. gambiaes.l. andAn. funestuswere collected at Miwani, a village in the sugar-cane belt.Plasmodium falciparumsporozoite rates were determined by ELISA. At Ahero the mean sporozoite rates were 1·1% and 4·3% inAn. arabiensisandAn. funestus, respectively, while at Miwani the rates were 6·0% inAn. gambiaes.l. and 4·3% inAn. funestus.Entomological inoculation rates (EIR) were derived from both human-bait collections (IR-HBC) and by the proportion of human blood-fed females caught resting indoors (IR-HBF). The IR-HBF appeared to be a more realistic index of EIR. At Ahero and Miwani people were exposed to an average of 416 and 91 infective bites/person/year, respectively. The main vectors wereAn. funestusat Ahero andAn. gambiaes.l. at Miwani. In view of the intense and perennial malaria transmission at Ahero, vector control by insecticides should be considered, while at Miwani, where transmission is seasonal, permethrin-impregnated bed nets could be an alternative to indoor spraying. These measures must be augmented with availability of effective antimalarials.