Ethical considerations
malaria, malaria infection
MALARIA, YELLOW FEVER
Ethical approvals were issued by Benin's National Ethics Committee for Health Research (N°30/MS/DC/SGM/DRFMT/CNERS/SA, Approval n°6 of 04/03/2019), and the Ethics Committee of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (16237-1), after reviewing the study protocol. All study participants gave their informed consent, prior to their involvement. Only trained collectors who were able to capture mosquitoes before they got bitten, were involved in the study. Before the beginning of the study, they were vaccinated against yellow fever, and treated when found positive for malaria infection. During the trial, care was provided to them at the local health facility whenever they had symptoms similar to those of malaria.All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations.