Publications by authors named "Malou Juurlink"
Collecting blood-fed mosquitoes to monitor pathogen presence or to gather information on the host blood meal is often challenging. Fermenting molasses can be used to produce carbon dioxide to attract host-seeking mosquitoes, however, earlier work indicated that it may also attract blood-fed mosquitoes in the field. In the current study, these field results were validated in an experimental setting using a large cage setup with Anopheles coluzzii (Diptera, Culicidae).
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- Most malaria infections occur indoors when mosquitoes enter through open structures like eaves and windows, making house modifications, like closing eaves, an effective strategy to reduce their entry and complement other prevention methods, such as insecticide-treated bed nets.! -
- A study conducted in southern Malawi tested 25 houses modified with different eave closure statuses (fully closed, partially closed, and open) over 25 nights, sampling mosquitoes using CDC light traps to assess the impact on mosquito entry rates.! -
- Results showed that houses with fully open eaves had 14 times more malaria-carrying mosquitoes than those with fully closed eaves, and even partially closed eaves allowed significantly more mosquitoes inside, highlighting the importance of complete e