A meta-analysis of human indoor activity, sleeping patterns, and mosquito nocturnal activity, collating data across 22 African countries between 2003 and 2018, found that of the total bites measured, the daily median fraction of mosquito bites that people received while indoors was 87.5% and the daily median fraction of bites received when people were in bed was 79.4%; according to the authors, even if universal indoor vector control were possible and implemented, the study predicts an additional 10.6 million annual malaria cases as a result of outdoor transmission.
Article #18-20646: "Mosquito feeding behavior and how it influences residual malaria transmission across Africa," by Ellie Sherrard-Smith et al.
MEDIA CONTACT: Ellie Sherrard-Smith, Imperial College London, UNITED KINGDOM; tel: +44-2075943229; email: e.sherrard-smith@imperial.ac.uk
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences