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This article classified homes in three Ugandan sub-counties as modern or traditional and used CDC light traps to collect mosquitoes at homes in each sub-county. The study found that both the human biting rate (HBR) and the odds of malaria infection were lower in modern homes compared to traditional.
Wanzirah, H.; Tusting, L. S.; Arinaitwe, E.; Katureebe, A.; Maxwell, K.; Rek, J.; Bottomley, C.; Staedke, S. G.; Kamya, M.; Dorsey, G.; Lindsay, S. W. Mind the Gap: House Structure and the Risk of Malaria in Uganda. PLoS ONE [Online] 2015, 10(1).
This study explored whether housing quality had a significant effect on malaria incidence in the Korogwe District in Tanga, Northeastern Tanzania. Researchers collected data on 435 children and their homes and found that even when controlling for wealth and rural vs. urban residence, higher quality homes were associated with a significantly reduced risk of malaria.
Liu, J. X..; Bousema, T.; Zelman, B.; Gesase, S.; Hashim, R.; Maxwell, C.; Chandramohan, D.; Gosling, R. Is Housing Quality Associated with Malaria Incidence among Young Children and Mosquito Vector Numbers? Evidence from Korogwe, Tanzania. PLoS ONE [Online], 2014, 9(2).
In this paper, researchers studied the effects of indoor residual spraying (IRS) of insecticides in the Apac region of Uganda and found that in an area of high transmission intensity, IRS was associated with a reduction in malaria morbidity. The effects were greatest after switching to a carbamate class of insecticide.
Kigozi, R.; Baxi, S. M.; Gasasira, A.; Sserwanga, A.; Kakeeto, S.; Nasr, S.; Rubahika, D.; Dissanayake, G.; Kamya, M. R.; Filler, S.; Dorsey, G. Indoor Residual Spraying of Insecticide and Malaria Morbidity in a High Transmission Intensity Area of Uganda. PLoS ONE [Online], 2012, 7(8).
This paper tracked malaria transmission over a 24-month period at three sites in Uganda (Walukuba, Kihihi, and Nagongera) to provide an overview of malaria epidemiology trends and determine areas in need of further interventions. Researchers found that further interventions, such as LLINs and IRS, are needed, especially at the rural sites surveyed in this study.
Kamya, M. R.; Arinaitwe, E.; Wanzirah, H.; Katureebe, A.; Barusya, C.; Kigozi, S. P.; Kilama, M.; Tatem, A. J.; Rosenthal, P. J.; Drakeley, C.; Lindsay, S. W.; Staedke, S. G.; Smith, D. L.; Greenhouse, B.; Dorsey, G. Malaria Transmission, Infection, and Disease at Three Sites with Varied Transmission Intensity in Uganda: Implications for Malaria Control. Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2015, 92(5), 903-912.
This study assesses insecticide resistance levels in Jinja, Uganda in Anopheles Arabiensis and Anopheles gambiae s.s. Among other findings, researchers discovered an extremely high level of pyrethroid resistance in An. gambiae and found that female An. arabiensis were resistant to permethrin.
Mawejje, H. D.; Wilding, C. S.; Rippon, E. J.; Hughes, A.; Weetman, D.; Donnelly, M. J. Insecticide resistance monitoring of field-collected Anopheles gambiae s.l. populations from Jinja, eastern Uganda, identifies high levels of pyrethroid resistance. Med. Vet. Entomol. [Online] 2013, 27(3), 276–283.
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