Impact of outdoor residual spraying on the biting rate of malaria vectors: A pilot study in four villages in Kayin state, Myanmar.

Outdoor and early mosquito biters challenge the efficacy of bed-nets and indoor residual spraying on the Thailand-Myanmar border. Outdoor residual spraying is proposed for the control of exophilic mosquito species. The objective of this study was to assess the impact of outdoor residual spraying on the biting rate of malaria vectors in Kayin state, Myanmar.

Detection of diverse 16S rRNA sequences at low titers from malaria vectors in Kayin state, Myanmar.

Natural infections in malaria mosquitoes were recently reported in Africa, and negatively correlated with the development of in the vectors. The occurrence and effects of infections outside Africa have not been described and may have been underestimated. Mosquitoes were collected by human-landing catch during May and June 2017 in ten villages in Kayin state, Myanmar.