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Assessing national vector control micro-planning in Zambia using the 2021 malaria indicator survey by Kyomuhangi, Irene, Andrada, Andrew, Mao, Zhiyuan, Pollard, Derek, Riley, Christina, Bennett, Adam, Hamainza, Busiku, Slater, Hannah, Millar, Justin, Miller, John M, Eisele, Thomas P, Silumbe, Kafula

“…Abstract Background In 2020, the Zambia National Malaria Elimination Centre targeted the distribution of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) and…”
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Evaluating trends in damage to attractive targeted sugar baits (ATSBs) deployed during the second year of a two-year Phase III trial in Western Zambia by Kyomuhangi, Irene, Yukich, Joshua, Saili, Kochelani, Orange, Erica, Masuzyo, Mundia H, Mwenya, Mwansa, Mambo, Patricia, Hamainza, Busiku, Wagman, Joe, Miller, John, Chanda, Javan, Silumbe, Kafula, Littrell, Megan, Eisele, Thomas P, Ashton, Ruth A

“…Attractive Targeted Sugar Baits (ATSBs) are a proposed new vector control tool for malaria that contain sugar and an ingestion toxicant, and are designed to…”
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Deployment of attractive targeted sugar baits in western Zambia: installation, monitoring, removal, and disposal procedures during a Phase III cluster randomized controlled trial by Orange, Erica, Kyomuhangi, Irene, Masuzyo, Mundia, Mwenya, Mwansa, Mambo, Patricia, Saili, Kochelani, Chishya, Chama, Chanda, Javan, Ashton, Ruth A, Eisele, Thomas P, Yukich, Joshua, Miller, John, Silumbe, Kafula, Hamainza, Busiku, Wagman, Joseph, Arnzen, Annie, Harris, Angela F, Entwistle, Julian, Slutsker, Laurence, Burkot, Thomas R, Littrell, Megan

“…Attractive Targeted Sugar Baits (ATSBs) offer a complementary vector control strategy to interventions targeting blood feeding or larval control by attacking…”
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Efficacy of attractive targeted sugar bait stations against malaria in Western Province Zambia: epidemiological findings from a two-arm cluster randomized phase III trial by Ashton, Ruth A., Saili, Kochelani, Chishya, Chama, Banda Yikona, Handrinah, Arnzen, Annie, Orange, Erica, Chitoshi, Chanda, Chulu, John, Tobolo, Titus, Ndalama, Frank, Kyomuhangi, Irene, Ngulube, Willy, Moonga, Hawela, Chirwa, Jacob, Slutsker, Laurence, Wagman, Joseph, Chanda, Javan, Miller, John, Silumbe, Kafula, Hamainza, Busiku, Eisele, Thomas P., Yukich, Joshua, Littrell, Megan

“…Abstract Background Attractive targeted sugar bait (ATSB) stations containing bait (to attract) and ingestion toxicant (to kill) sugar-foraging mosquitoes are…”
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Community acceptance of a novel malaria intervention, Attractive Targeted Sugar Baits, in the Zambia phase III trial by Orange, Erica, Arnzen, Annie, Muluma, Chuma, Akalalambili, Situmbeko, Tobolo, Titus, Ndalama, Frank, Chishya, Chama, Saili, Kochelani, Ashton, Ruth A, Eisele, Thomas P, Yukich, Joshua, Kyomuhangi, Irene, Miller, John, Silumbe, Kafula, Chanda, Javan, Hamainza, Busiku, Wagman, Joseph, Slutsker, Laurence, Burkot, Thomas R, Littrell, Megan

“…Community acceptance is an important criterion to assess in community trials, particularly for new tools that require high coverage and use by a target…”
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Characteristics of the Western Province, Zambia, trial site for evaluation of attractive targeted sugar baits for malaria vector control by Arnzen, Annie, Wagman, Joseph, Chishya, Chama, Orange, Erica, Eisele, Thomas P, Yukich, Joshua, Ashton, Ruth A, Chanda, Javan, Sakala, Jimmy, Chanda, Benjamin, Muyabe, Rayford, Kaniki, Tresford, Mwenya, Mwansa, Mwaanga, Gift, Eaton, Will T, Mancuso, Brooke, Mungo, Alice, Mburu, Monicah M, Bubala, Nchimunya, Hagwamuna, Ackim, Simulundu, Edgar, Saili, Kochelani, Miller, John M, Silumbe, Kafula, Hamainza, Busiku, Ngulube, Willy, Moonga, Hawela, Chirwa, Jacob, Burkot, Thomas R, Slutsker, Laurence, Littrell, Megan

“…The attractive targeted sugar bait (ATSB) is a novel malaria vector control tool designed to attract and kill mosquitoes using a sugar-based bait, laced with…”
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Effectiveness of community case management of malaria on severe malaria and inpatient malaria deaths in Zambia: a dose-response study using routine health information system data by Ashton, Ruth A, Hamainza, Busiku, Lungu, Chris, Rutagwera, Marie-Reine I, Porter, Travis, Bennett, Adam, Hainsworth, Michael, Burnett, Sarah, Silumbe, Kafula, Slater, Hannah, Eisele, Thomas P, Miller, John M

“…Community case management of malaria (CCM) has been expanded in many settings, but there are limited data describing the impact of these services in routine…”
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Effectiveness of reactive case detection for malaria elimination in three archetypical transmission settings: a modelling study by Gerardin, Jaline, Bever, Caitlin A, Bridenbecker, Daniel, Hamainza, Busiku, Silumbe, Kafula, Miller, John M, Eisele, Thomas P, Eckhoff, Philip A, Wenger, Edward A

“…Reactive case detection could be a powerful tool in malaria elimination, as it selectively targets transmission pockets. However, field operations have yet to…”
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Entomological effects of attractive targeted sugar bait station deployment in Western Zambia: vector surveillance findings from a two-arm cluster randomized phase III trial by Wagman, Joseph, Chanda, Benjamin, Chanda, Javan, Saili, Kochelani, Orange, Erica, Mambo, Patricia, Muyabe, Rayford, Kaniki, Tresford, Mwenya, Mwansa, Ng'andu, Mirabelle, Sakala, Jimmy, Ngulube, Willy, Miller, John, Arnzen, Annie, Silumbe, Kafula, Mwaanga, Gift, Simubali, Limonty, Mungo, Alice, Mburu, Monicah M, Simulundu, Edgar, Mambwe, Brenda, Kasaro, Racheal, Mulube, Conceptor, Mwenda, Mulenga, Hamainza, Busiku, Ashton, Ruth A, Eisele, Thomas P, Harris, Angela F, Entwistle, Julian, Yukich, Joshua, Slutsker, Laurence, Burkot, Thomas R, Littrell, Megan

“…Attractive targeted sugar bait (ATSB) stations are a novel tool with potential to complement current approaches to malaria vector control. To assess the public…”
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Why does malaria transmission continue at high levels despite universal vector control? Quantifying persistent malaria transmission by Anopheles funestus in Western Province, Zambia by Ashton, Ruth A, Chanda, Benjamin, Chishya, Chama, Muyabe, Rayford, Kaniki, Tresford, Mambo, Patricia, Mwenya, Mwansa, Mwaanga, Gift, Arnzen, Annie, Orange, Erica, Saili, Kochelani, Banda Yikona, Handrinah, Chulu, John, Chitoshi, Chanda, Kyomuhangi, Irene, Miller, John, Silumbe, Kafula, Hamainza, Busiku, Littrell, Megan, Yukich, Joshua, Kleinschmidt, Immo, Chanda, Javan, Wagman, Joseph, Eisele, Thomas P

“…Some settings continue to experience a high malaria burden despite scale-up of malaria vector control to high levels of coverage. Characterisation of…”
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Costing malaria interventions from pilots to elimination programmes by Galactionova, Katya, Velarde, Mar, Silumbe, Kafula, Miller, John, McDonnell, Anthony, Aguas, Ricardo, Smith, Thomas A, Penny, Melissa A

“…Malaria programmes in countries with low transmission levels require evidence to optimize deployment of current and new tools to reach elimination with limited…”
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Measuring coverage in MNCH: accuracy of measuring diagnosis and treatment of childhood malaria from household surveys in Zambia by Eisele, Thomas P, Silumbe, Kafula, Yukich, Josh, Hamainza, Busiku, Keating, Joseph, Bennett, Adam, Miller, John M

“…To assess progress in the scale-up of rapid diagnostic tests and artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) across Africa, malaria control programs have…”
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Estimation of malaria parasite reservoir coverage using reactive case detection and active community fever screening from census data with rapid diagnostic tests in southern Zambia: a re-sampling approach by Yukich, Joshua, Bennett, Adam, Yukich, Rudy, Stuck, Logan, Hamainza, Busiku, Silumbe, Kafula, Smith, Tom, Chitnis, Nakul, Steketee, Richard W, Finn, Timothy, Eisele, Thomas P, Miller, John M

“…In areas where malaria transmission has been suppressed by vector control interventions many malaria control and elimination programmes are actively seeking…”
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Costs and cost-effectiveness of a large-scale mass testing and treatment intervention for malaria in Southern Province, Zambia by Silumbe, Kafula, Yukich, Joshua O, Hamainza, Busiku, Bennett, Adam, Earle, Duncan, Kamuliwo, Mulakwa, Steketee, Richard W, Eisele, Thomas P, Miller, John M

“…A cluster, randomized, control trial of three dry-season rounds of a mass testing and treatment intervention (MTAT) using rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) and…”
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Community-led Responses for Elimination (CoRE): a study protocol for a community randomized controlled trial assessing the effectiveness of community-level, reactive focal drug administration for reducing Plasmodium falciparum infection prevalence and incidence in Southern Province, Zambia by Bridges, Daniel J, Miller, John M, Chalwe, Victor, Moonga, Hawela, Hamainza, Busiku, Steketee, Rick, Silumbe, Kafula, Nyangu, Jenala, Larsen, David A

“…Zambia is pushing for, and has made great strides towards, the elimination of malaria transmission in Southern Province. Reactive focal test and treat (RFTAT)…”
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Reactive focal drug administration associated with decreased malaria transmission in an elimination setting: Serological evidence from the cluster-randomized CoRE study by Bridges, Daniel J, Miller, John M, Chalwe, Victor, Moonga, Hawela, Hamainza, Busiku, Steketee, Richard W, Mambwe, Brenda, Mulube, Conceptor, Wu, Lindsey, Tetteh, Kevin K A, Drakeley, Chris, Chishimba, Sandra, Mwenda, Mulenga, Silumbe, Kafula, Larsen, David A

“…Efforts to eliminate malaria transmission need evidence-based strategies. However, accurately assessing end-game malaria elimination strategies is challenging…”
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Short-term Impact of Mass Drug Administration With Dihydroartemisinin Plus Piperaquine on Malaria in Southern Province Zambia: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial by Eisele, Thomas P., Bennett, Adam, Silumbe, Kafula, Finn, Timothy P., Chalwe, Victor, Kamuliwo, Mulakwa, Hamainza, Busiku, Moonga, Hawela, Kooma, Emmanuel, Kawesha, Elizabeth Chizema, Yukich, Joshua, Keating, Joseph, Porter, Travis, Conner, Ruben O., Earle, Duncan, Steketee, Richard W., Miller, John M.

“…Background. Mass drug administration (MDA) using dihydroartemisinin plus piperaquine (DHAp) represents a potential strategy to clear Plasmodium falciparum…”
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Population-wide malaria testing and treatment with rapid diagnostic tests and artemether-lumefantrine in southern Zambia: a community randomized step-wedge control trial design by Larsen, David A, Bennett, Adam, Silumbe, Kafula, Hamainza, Busiku, Yukich, Joshua O, Keating, Joseph, Littrell, Megan, Miller, John M, Steketee, Richard W, Eisele, Thomas P

“…Reducing the human reservoir of malaria parasites is critical for elimination. We conducted a community randomized controlled trial in Southern Province,…”
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Impact of Four Rounds of Mass Drug Administration with Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine Implemented in Southern Province, Zambia by Eisele, Thomas P, Bennett, Adam, Silumbe, Kafula, Finn, Timothy P, Porter, Travis R, Chalwe, Victor, Hamainza, Busiku, Moonga, Hawela, Kooma, Emmanuel, Chizema Kawesha, Elizabeth, Kamuliwo, Mulakwa, Yukich, Joshua O, Keating, Joseph, Schneider, Kammerle, Conner, Ruben O, Earle, Duncan, Slutsker, Laurence, Steketee, Richard W, Miller, John M

“…Over the past decade, Zambia has made substantial progress against malaria and has recently set the ambitious goal of eliminating by 2021. In the context of…”
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Evaluating the Impact of Programmatic Mass Drug Administration for Malaria in Zambia Using Routine Incidence Data by Fraser, Maya, Miller, John M, Silumbe, Kafula, Hainsworth, Michael, Mudenda, Mutinta, Hamainza, Busiku, Moonga, Hawela, Chizema Kawesha, Elizabeth, Mercer, Laina D, Bennett, Adam, Schneider, Kammerle, Slater, Hannah C, Eisele, Thomas P, Guinovart, Caterina

“…Abstract Background In 2016, the Zambian National Malaria Elimination Centre started programmatic mass drug administration (pMDA) campaigns with…”
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