Omitting age-dependent mosquito mortality in malaria models underestimates the effectiveness of insecticide-treated nets
Fig 1
The figure depicts the one-way tunnel with the volunteer’s foot covered in a net in the ‘host’ cage on the left, and the ‘holding’ cage on the right. Both cages are of the same size, 32.5 × 32.5 × 32.5cm. The cages are connected with a PLEXIGLAS tube (l = 30cm, d = 14.6cm). Depending on the chosen treatment for the experiment, the net is either an unwashed PermaNet 2.0 or an untreated net, measuring 25 × 25cm in both cases. In this setup the mosquitoes have direct access to the foot for blood feeding.