The bionomics of Anopheles arabiensis and Anopheles funestus inside local houses and their implications for vector control strategies in areas with high coverage of insecticide-treated nets in South-eastern Tanzania

• Alex J. Limwagu ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: alimwagu@ihi.or.tz

  Affiliations Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Department, Ifakara Health Institute, Morogoro, Tanzania, Parasitology and Medical Entomology Department, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8908-0315

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• Betwel J. Msugupakulya,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Department, Ifakara Health Institute, Morogoro, Tanzania, Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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• Halfan S. Ngowo,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Department, Ifakara Health Institute, Morogoro, Tanzania

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• Yohana A. Mwalugelo,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Department, Ifakara Health Institute, Morogoro, Tanzania, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology, Bondo, Kenya

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• Masoud S. Kilalangongono,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Department, Ifakara Health Institute, Morogoro, Tanzania

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• Faraji A. Samli,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Department, Ifakara Health Institute, Morogoro, Tanzania

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• Said K. Abbasi,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Department, Ifakara Health Institute, Morogoro, Tanzania

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• Fredros O. Okumu ,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ FOO, BEN and INL are equal contributions and shared the role of joint last authors.

  Affiliations Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Department, Ifakara Health Institute, Morogoro, Tanzania, School of Life Science and Bioengineering, Nelson Mandela Africa Institution of Science & Technology, Arusha, Tanzania, School of Biodiversity, One Health, and Veterinary Medicine, G128QQ, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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• Billy E. Ngasala ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ FOO, BEN and INL are equal contributions and shared the role of joint last authors.

  Affiliations Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Department, Ifakara Health Institute, Morogoro, Tanzania, Parasitology and Medical Entomology Department, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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• Issa N. Lyimo

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ FOO, BEN and INL are equal contributions and shared the role of joint last authors.

  Affiliations Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Department, Ifakara Health Institute, Morogoro, Tanzania, School of Life Science and Bioengineering, Nelson Mandela Africa Institution of Science & Technology, Arusha, Tanzania

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