Prediction of mosquito species and population age structure using mid-infrared spectroscopy and supervised machine learning [version 3; peer review: 2 approved]

Despite the global efforts made in the fight against malaria, the disease is resurging. One of the main causes is the resistance that Anopheles mosquitoes, vectors of the disease, have developed to insecticides. Anopheles must survive for at least 10 days to possibly transmit malaria. Therefore, to...

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Main Authors: Mario González Jiménez, Simon A. Babayan, Pegah Khazaeli, Margaret Doyle, Finlay Walton, Elliott Reedy, Thomas Glew, Mafalda Viana, Lisa Ranford-Cartwright, Abdoulaye Niang, Doreen J. Siria, Fredros O. Okumu, Abdoulaye Diabaté, Heather M. Ferguson, Francesco Baldini, Klaas Wynne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wellcome 2019-09-01
Series:Wellcome Open Research
Online Access:https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/4-76/v3