Knowledge, attitudes and control practices regarding venomous arthropods among staff and students in a Nigerian public university campus.

Background: The objectives of this study were to assess the knowledge, attitudes and control practices among the staff and students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU), Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria, regarding venomous arthropods.

Methods: The knowledge, attitudes and control practices regarding venomous arthropods were assessed in 350 participants.

Results: The respondents were aware of the presence of venomous arthropods at NAU and they had seen them on campus, with spiders (40.

Willingness to pay for the retreatment of mosquito nets with insecticide in four communities of south-eastern Nigeria.

Objectives: To determine the willingness to pay (WTP) for the retreatment of insecticide-treated nets (ITN) in four malaria holoendemic communities of Nigeria.

Methods: Contingent valuation method. The study tool was a pretested interviewer-administered questionnaire.

Monitoring community response to malaria control using insecticide-impregnated bed nets, curtains and residual spray at Nsukka, Nigeria.

A project testing the efficacy of insecticide (permethrin)-impregnated bed nets, compared with impregnated door and window curtains, residual house spraying, and a control group was implemented in 12 village clusters in the Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, Nigeria, using epidemiologic and entomologic indicators. The appropriate materials and services were given free to all families. During the first year of study, three monitoring exercises were carried out in a random selection of homes where children under 5 years of age resided.

Ecology of Sergentomyia garnhami, (Diptera:Psychodidae) in a kala-azar endemic area of Tseikuru, Kitui District, Kenya. II: Day resting sites.

A search for the day resting sites of S. garnhami and other phlebotomine sandflies in ten ecological habitats in Tseikuru area of Kitui District, Kenya, was carried out between November and December 1990. S.

Ecology of Sergentomyia garnhami, (Diptera:Psychodidae) in a kala-azar endemic area of Tseikuru, Kitui District, Kenya. I: The breeding sites.

The breeding sites of S. garnhami and other phlebotomine sandflies were investigated from February 1989-June 1990. Sandflies were recovered from 15 out of the 17 ecological habitats studied while S.