About the Authors
- Fredros O. Okumu
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* E-mail: fredros@ihi.or.tz
Affiliations Biomedical and Environmental Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara, United Republic of Tanzania, Public Health Entomology Group, Department of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
- Nicodem J. Govella
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Affiliations Biomedical and Environmental Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara, United Republic of Tanzania, Vector Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Sarah J. Moore
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Affiliations Biomedical and Environmental Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara, United Republic of Tanzania, Public Health Entomology Group, Department of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
- Nakul Chitnis
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
- Gerry F. Killeen
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Affiliations Biomedical and Environmental Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara, United Republic of Tanzania, Vector Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
FOO, SJM and GFK are collaborators in a patent application for synthetic mosquito lures, which has been filed with the European Patent Office (submission date: March 2009. Patent File reference: P86836EP00). NJG and NC declare no conflicts of interest.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: FOO NJG SJM GFK. Analyzed the data: FOO NC GFK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NJG SJM NC GFK. Wrote the paper: FOO NJG NC GFK. Conceived the modifications to the original model and adapted it for the objectives of this study: FOO. Helped formulate the questions explored with this model and also assisted with review of published parameter values: NJG SJM. Edited the final draft of the manuscript: NJG SJM. Helped formulate the biological basis of this model: NC. Provided overall supervision of the work: GFK.