@article{fdi:010064643,
  title = {{N}o difference in the incidence of malaria in human-landing mosquito catch collectors and non-collectors in a senegalese village with endemic malaria},
  author = {{W}otodjo, {A}. {N}. and {T}rape, {J}ean-{F}ran{\c{c}}ois and {R}ichard, {V}. and {D}oucour{\'e}, {S}. and {D}iagne, {N}. and {T}all, {A}. and {N}diath, {O}. and {F}aye, {N}. and {G}audart, {J}. and {R}ogier, {C}. and {S}okhna, {C}heikh},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{B}ackground {T}he human landing catches is the gold standard method used to study the vectors of malaria and to estimate their aggressiveness. {H}owever, this method has raised safety concerns due to a possible increased risk of malaria or other mosquito-borne diseases among the mosquito collectors. {T}he aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of malaria attacks among mosquito collectors and to compare these results with those of non-collectors in a {S}enegalese village. {M}ethods {F}rom {J}uly 1990 to {D}ecember 2011, a longitudinal malaria study involving mosquito collectors and non-collectors was performed in {D}ielmo village, {S}enegal. {D}uring the study period, 4 drugs were successively used to treat clinical malaria, and long-lasting insecticide-treated nets were offered to all villagers in {J}uly 2008. {N}o malaria chemoprophylaxis was given to mosquito collectors. {I}ncidence of uncomplicated clinical malaria and asymptomatic malaria infection were analyzed among these two groups while controlling for confounding factors associated with malaria risk in random effects negative binomial and logistic regression models, respectively. {R}esults {A} total of 3,812 person-trimester observations of 199 adults at least 15 years of age were analyzed. {C}linical malaria attacks accounted for 6.3% both in collectors and non-collectors, and asymptomatic malaria infections accounted for 21% and 20% in collectors and non-collectors, respectively. {A} non-significant lower risk of malaria was observed in the collector group in comparison with the non-collector group after adjusting for other risk factors of malaria and endemicity level ({C}linical malaria: adjusted incidence rate ratio = 0.89; 95% confidence interval = 0.65-1.22; p= 0.47). {C}onclusion {B}eing a mosquito collector in {D}ielmo was not significantly associated with an increased risk of malaria both under holoendemic, mesoendemic and hypoendemic conditions of malaria epidemiology. {T}his result supports the view that {HLC}, the most accurate method for evaluating malaria transmission, may be used without health concerns in {D}ielmo.},
  keywords = {{SENEGAL}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{P}los {O}ne},
  volume = {10},
  numero = {5},
  pages = {e0126187},
  ISSN = {1932-6203},
  year = {2015},
  DOI = {10.1371/journal.pone.0126187},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010064643},
}