This study demonstrates that malaria transmission risk in the surveyed areas may extend beyond well-recognized primary vectors. Species that are not well studied, often exophagic and assumed to be zoophagic, were found to have fed on humans and the study showed some preliminary evidence of P. falciparum infectivity. These findings indicate that peri-domestic human activity may sustain residual transmission despite high Insecticidal-Treated Nets and indoor residual spraying coverage.
Mudenda et al. (Wed,) studied this question.