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Risk factors for house-entry by culicine mosquitoes in a rural town and satellite villages in The Gambia

Matthew J Kirby, Philippa West, Clare Green, Momodou Jasseh and Steve W Lindsay*

Parasites & Vectors 2008, 1:41 doi:10.1186/1756-3305-1-41

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Window screening, ceilings and closed eaves as sustainable ways to control malaria in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Sheila B Ogoma, Khadija Kannady, Maggy Sikulu, Prosper P Chaki, Nicodem J Govella, Wolfgang R Mukabana, Gerry F Killeen Malaria Journal 2009, 8:221 (29 September 2009)

The paper evaluates the reported motives behind installation of ceilings and screens in a large East African urban city endemic for malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases. The reported human preferences for blocking specific mosquito entry points are compared with the known preferences of mosquitoes for various points of entry into houses.