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Table 2 Studies quantifying human-vector interaction

From: Measuring and characterizing night time human behaviour as it relates to residual malaria transmission in sub-Saharan Africa: a review of the published literature

Author (year) [reference]

Country

Human behaviour methods

Human behavioural information collected

Entomological methods

Timing of entomology and human behaviour data collection

Human exposure to malaria vectors

Killeen et al. (2006) [20]

Tanzania

Survey

Usual bed time and wake-up time

Indoor and outdoor HLC, 6:00 p.m.–6:00 a.m.

Mosquito collections: 1997 and 2004

Survey: 2002–2004

Indoor exposure for non-user: 90%

Indoor exposure during sleeping hours (9:00 p.m.–5:00 a.m.): 80%

Protective efficacy of an ITN: 70%

Geissbuhler et al. (2007) [21]

Tanzania

Survey and direct observation

Survey: Dinner location, location after dinner, usual bed time and wake-up time, use of prevention measures

Direct observation: People outdoors for each hour of the night

Indoor and outdoor HLC, 6:00 p.m.–7:00 a.m.

Mosquito collections: April-June 2006

Survey: Carried out in same households; exact timing not specified

Indoor exposure for non-user (An. gambiae s.l.): 79%

Indoor exposure during sleeping hours for non-user (An. gambiae s.l.): 74%

Protective efficacy of an ITN (An. gambiae s.s.): 59%

Protective efficacy of an ITN (An. arabiensis): 38%

Russell et al. (2011) [22]

Tanzania

Survey

Usual bed time

Usual wake-up time

Indoor and outdoor HLC, 7:00 p.m.–7:00 a.m.

Mosquito collections: 1997, 2004, and 2009

Survey: 2002–2004

Indoor exposure for non-user (1997 An. gambiae s.l.): 92%

Indoor exposure for non-user (2004 An. gambiae s.l.): 99%

Indoor exposure for non-user: (2009 An. gambiae s.l.): 79%

Indoor exposure for non-user (1997 An. funestus): 93%

Indoor exposure for non-user (2004 An. funestus): 73%

Indoor exposure for non-user (2009 An. funestus): 45%

Seyoum et al. (2012) [23]

Zambia

Survey

Usual time indoors for the night, bed time, wake-up time, time to leave home in the morning, use of ITNs

Indoor and outdoor HLC, 7:00 p.m.–7:00 a.m.

Mosquito collections: September–October 2009, February–March 2010

Survey: April 2010

Indoor exposure for non-user (An. funestus): 98%

Indoor exposure for non-user (An. quadriannulatus): 97%

Indoor exposure for ITN-user (An. funestus): 57%

Indoor exposure for ITN-user (An. quadriannulatus): 58%

Huho et al. (2013) [24]

Burkina Faso

Kenya

Tanzania

Zambia

Burkina Faso and Tanzania: Direct observation by field worker 6:00 p.m. until all household members went to sleep and 4 a.m.–6 a.m.

Kenya and Zambia: Malaria indicator survey

Observation: Household members awake, by hour

Survey: To the nearest hour, time that each household member went indoors, to bed, woke up, and left the home

Indoor and outdoor HLC, start time ranged from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and end time ranged from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. across sites

Tanzania and Burkina: 2001 and 2004

Kenya and Zambia: 2009 and 2010

Exact timing of entomological and human behavioural data collection was not provided

Indoor exposure for non-user (An. gambiae s.l.): ranged from 87 to 97% across sites

Indoor exposure for non-user (An. funestus s.l.): ranged from 62 to 97%

Bayoh et al. (2014) [25]

Kenya

Survey

ITN use, usual time indoors for the night, bed time, wake-up time, time to leave home in the morning

Indoor and outdoor HLC, 5:00 p.m.–7:00 a.m.

Mosquito collections: June–July 2011

Survey: July–August 2011

Data compared to data from previous study carried out in 1989–1990

Indoor exposure for non-user: > 90% in all years

Indoor exposure for non-user during sleeping hours: ≥ 90% for all species except for An. arabiensis (97% in 1989/1990; 80% in 2009; 84% in 2011)

Indoor exposure for ITN-user during sleeping hours: (64–77% in 1989–1990; 20–52% in 2009 and 2011)

Moiroux et al. (2014) [26]

Benin

Survey

Time each household member entered and exited the house the night before the survey and entered and exited the sleeping space

Indoor and outdoor HLC, 11:00 p.m.–9:00 a.m.

Mosquito collections: April 2011

Survey: March 2013

Indoor exposure for non-user: 86% and 94% in the two study sites

Protective efficacy of an ITN: 80% and 87%

Indoor exposure for ITN-user: 55% and 31%

Cooke et al. (2015) [27]

Kenya

Survey completed by head of household on behalf of household members, using digital watch

Time household members entered and exited the house, time to sleep, and use of ITNs

CDC light-traps set next to occupied ITNs, emptied hourly

Indoor traps 5:30 p.m.–5:30 a.m.; outdoor traps

5:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m. only

Mosquito collections: June 2011–May 2012

Survey: June 2011–May 2012

Indoor exposure for non-user: 95% (31% before bed and 64% while asleep)

Protective efficacy of an ITN:51%

Bradley et al. (2015) [28]

Equatorial Guinea-Bioko Island

Annual malaria indicator survey

Time household members entered the house the night before, any other time spent outside the house between 7:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., bed time

Indoor and outdoor HLC, 7:00 p.m.–6:00 a.m.

Mosquito collections: January-October 2009-2013

Survey: 2013

Indoor exposure for non-user: 80%

Kamau et al. (2017) [29]

Kenya

Survey administered to head of household

Time each household member went to sleep and woke up

HLC and CDC light traps; 6:00 am–6:00 pm

Mosquito collections: July and August 2016

Survey: September and October 2016

Indoor exposure for non-user (children < 5): 90%