Zeru, Melkam Abiye
Shibru, Simon
Massebo, Fekadu
Funding for this research was provided by:
Norwegian Programme for Capacity Development in Higher Education and Research for Development (ETH-13/0025)
Article History
Received: 5 January 2020
Accepted: 17 June 2020
First Online: 22 June 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was reviewed and approved by the ethical review committee of Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia (Ref. No. 1480/11). The objective of the study was explained to the human volunteers. Participation in mosquito collection was based on their willingness and only those adequately trained in collection were included. Verbal and written consent was obtained from all human volunteers. The households where collections were carried out were consented. A farmer in the village provided the calves for the trials. The calves were taken care of by the owner to minimize stress to the calves. We obtained a permission letter from the district health department. Community leaders were consulted prior to mosquito collection. The volunteers for the field trial were informed to be alert and to catch the mosquitoes as soon as landed on their exposed legs. Malaria prophylaxis was given to prevent infection.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.