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African Annual Killifish: A Novel Tool for Malaria Control

Rich Knight Dept. of Biodiversity & Conservation Biology University of the Western Cape P. Bag X17, Bellville 7535, RSA Knight.rich@gmail.com. African Annual Killifish: A Novel Tool for Malaria Control.

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African Annual Killifish: A Novel Tool for Malaria Control

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  1. Rich Knight Dept. of Biodiversity & Conservation Biology University of the Western Cape P. Bag X17, Bellville 7535, RSA Knight.rich@gmail.com African Annual Killifish: A Novel Tool for Malaria Control

  2. Malaria: African pandemic killer • 200 000 new-born deaths • Risk worse for Women & Children Introduction Accounts for 40% of public health spending in Sub-Saharan Africa http://www.malariafocus.com

  3. Malaria Control: Mechanical, Chemical & Biological • Draining Wetlands • Cutting channels • Land fill • Planting (e.g. Eucalypts) • Chemicals • DDT (still used) • Diflubenzuron • Biological • Mosquito fish and Guppies • Bacillus thungeliensis Habitat Loss Introduction http://videojournalist.nl Pollution Invasion All are damaging to ecosystems

  4. African Killifish: Indigenous, Safer Biocontrol of Mosquito Larvae (Matias & Adrias 2010 Parasites & Vectors 3:46) Survives dry periods with egg diapause Specialist consumer of mosquito larva Introduction But is it ecologically safe? http://www.zazzle.com/

  5. African Annual Killifish pose some problems Reichard et al. 2010 Parasites & Vectors 3:89) Low success rate of introduction Chemicals Biological Introduction

  6. Malaria Control: Mechanical, Chemical & Biological Draining Wetlands Chemicals Biological Approach

  7. Malaria Control: Mechanical, Chemical & Biological Draining Wetlands Chemicals Biological Research Questions

  8. Malaria Control: Mechanical, Chemical & Biological Draining Wetlands Chemicals Biological Hypotheses

  9. Malaria Control: Mechanical, Chemical & Biological Draining Wetlands Chemicals Biological Methods

  10. Malaria Control: Mechanical, Chemical & Biological Draining Wetlands Chemicals Biological Outcomes This is a text

  11. Malaria Control: Mechanical, Chemical & Biological

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