Author/Authors :
Steve Lindsay، نويسنده , , Juliet Ansell، نويسنده , , >Colin Selman، نويسنده , , Val Cox، نويسنده , , Katie Hamilton، نويسنده , , Gijs Walraven، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
Pregnant women attracted twice the number of Anopheles gambiae complex—the predominant African malaria-carrying mosquito—than did their non-pregnant counterparts. We postulate that physiological and behavioural changes that occur during pregnancy are responsible for increased attractiveness, which could be important in intervention strategies aimed at protecting this high-risk group against malaria.
