Malaria vector abundance is associated with house structures in Baringo County, Kenya

Ondiba, Isabella M.; Oyieke, Florence A.; Ong’amo, George O.; Olumula, Macrae M.; Nyamongo, Isaac K.; Estambale, Benson B. A.

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Malaria vector abundance is associated with house structures in Baringo County, Kenya

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Ondiba, Isabella M., Oyieke, Florence A., Ong’amo, George O., Olumula, Macrae M., Nyamongo, Isaac K., Estambale, Benson B. A.·2018·PLoS ONE

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Malaria, a major cause of morbidity and mortality, is the most prevalent vector borne disease in Baringo County; a region which has varied house designs in arid and semi-arid areas. This study investigated the association between house structures and indoor-malaria vector abundance in Baringo County. The density of malaria vectors in houses with open eaves was higher than that for houses with closed eaves. Grass thatched roof houses had higher density of malaria vectors than corrugated iron sheet roofs. Similarly, mud walled houses had higher vector density than other wall types. Houses in the riverine zone were significantly associated with malaria vector abundance (p<0.000) possibly due to more varied house structures. In Kamnarok village within riverine zone, a house made of grass thatched roof and mud wall but raised on stilts with domestic animals (sheep/goats) kept at the lower level had lower mosquito density (5.8 per collection) than ordinary houses made of same materials but at ground level (30.5 mosquitoes per collection), suggestive of a change in behavior of mosquito feeding and resting. House modifications such as screening of eaves, improvement of construction material and building stilted houses can be incorporated in the integrated vector management (IVM) strategy to complement insecticide treated bed nets and indoor residual spray to reduce indoor malaria vector density.

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Authors: Ondiba, I. M., Oyieke, F. A., Ong’amo, G. O., Olumula, M. M., Nyamongo, I. K., & Estambale, B. B. A.
Affiliations: University of Nairobi (KE)
Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology (KE)
The Co-operative University of Kenya (KE)
Corresponding author: Ondiba, Isabella M.
ORCID: Ondiba, Isabella M.
Oyieke, Florence A.
Ong’amo, George O.
Nyamongo, Isaac K.
Estambale, Benson B. A.
Venue: PLoS ONE
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Published: 2018-06-11
Volume: 13
Issue: 6
Pages: e0198970
ISSN: 1932-6203 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0198970
PMC: PMC5995440
OpenAlex: W2808199516
Cited by: 46
References: 43
Citations by year: 2026: 2 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 16 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 3
FWCI: 6.20
Type: journal article
Language: en
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Funders: World Health Organization (106905-00)
International Development Research Centre
University of California, Santa Barbara
Topics: Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Malaria Research and Control
Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Mosquito-borne diseases and control
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Dengue and Mosquito Control Research
Keywords: malaria vectors, Anopheles, house structure, thatched roofs, mud walls, stilted houses, riverine zone, integrated vector management, Baringo County
MeSH terms: Mosquito Vectors, Animals, Anopheles, Housing, Humans, Kenya, Malaria, Sheep, Livestock

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