RESPONSES OF ANOPHELES-GAMBIAE COMPLEX MOSQUITOS TO THE USE OF UNTREATED BEDNETS IN THE GAMBIA
RESPONSES OF ANOPHELES-GAMBIAE COMPLEX MOSQUITOS TO THE USE OF UNTREATED BEDNETS IN THE GAMBIA
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1365-2915.1989.tb00225.x
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发表时间：
1989-07-01
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
GREENWOOD, BM
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作者：
LINDSAY, SW;SHENTON, FC;GREENWOOD, BM
Population dynamics of the Anopheles gambiae complex of malaria vector mosquitoes were studied in four small hamlets in The Gambia. Bednets were used to reduce man/vector contact in two of the hamlets. High densities of An. gambiae, sensu lata, were present for only 3-8 weeks during the rainy season, depending on the position of the hamlet within the study area. The proportions of blood-fed mosquitoes caught indoors (83.0%) and exiting from houses (11.6%) were lower in hamlets where bednets were used than in hamlets without (96.5% and 33.1% respectively). Fewer of the blood-fed mosquitoes had fed on man in houses where people slept under bednets (68.2%) than in those without (81.5%). However, the average number of infective bites received by children was still greater than one a year in hamlets where bednets were used. Consequently bednets are considered unlikely to be an effective malaria control measure so long as they are untreated with insecticide.
