Influence of mould growth and outdoor exposure on the efficacy of attractive targeted sugar baits against Anopheles arabiensis in western Kenya

Nick O. Yalla; Jackline Kosgei; Frank Mechan; Daniel P. McDermott; Brian Polo; Seline Omondi; Elizabeth Omukunda; Eric Ochomo

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0315472

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Influence of mould growth and outdoor exposure on the efficacy of attractive targeted sugar baits against Anopheles arabiensis in western Kenya

Nick O. Yalla ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: nickyalla60@gmail.com (NY); ericochomo@yahoo.com (EO)

Affiliations Centre for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya, Department of Biological Sciences, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kakamega, Kenya

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8005-740X

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Jackline Kosgei,

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya
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Frank Mechan,

Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Innovation to Impact (I2I), Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Daniel P. McDermott,

Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Brian Polo,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya
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Seline Omondi,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya
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Elizabeth Omukunda,

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kakamega, Kenya
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Eric Ochomo

Roles Supervision, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: nickyalla60@gmail.com (NY); ericochomo@yahoo.com (EO)

Affiliations Centre for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya, Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Influence of mould growth and outdoor exposure on the efficacy of attractive targeted sugar baits against Anopheles arabiensis in western Kenya

Nick O. Yalla,
Jackline Kosgei,
Frank Mechan,
Daniel P. McDermott,
Brian Polo,
Seline Omondi,
Elizabeth Omukunda,
Eric Ochomo

Published: July 3, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0315472

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