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THE failure to eradicate Anopheles gambiae, the most important vector of malaria in tropical Africa, by spraying the inside of houses with insecticides, had directed attention to the importance of alternative resting places. Box shelters1 around cattle enclosures were used to assess the numbers of A. gambiae biting cattle during an experiment to break malaria transmission in the Pare-Taveta area of East Africa. Catches in the boxes, in the village of Bumba, snowed peaks that corresponded to the dry months June–October, and were thought to be due to the artificial shelters competing favourably against the nearby vegetation as resting places. This is supported by complementary catches in natural resting places outdoors at Bumba between September and June.
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SMITH, A. Resting Habits of Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles pharoensis in Salt Bush and in Crevices in the Ground. Nature 190, 1220–1221 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/1901220a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/1901220a0
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