Node-level interventions

Node-level interventions determine what will be distributed to nodes to reduce the spread of a disease. For example, spraying larvicide in a village to kill mosquito larvae is a node-level malaria intervention. Sometimes this can be an intermediate intervention that schedules another intervention. Node-level disease outbreaks are also configured as “interventions”.

The following node-level interventions are available for use with the malaria simulation type.

Vector control

The following node-level interventions are commonly used for vector control in malaria simulations.

Intervention Target life stage Target biting preference Target biting location Effect
AnimalFeedKill node feeding cycle animal killing
ArtificialDiet feeding cycle human all blocking
InsectKillingFence feeding cycle all all killing
Larvicides larva all all killing, reduction
MosquitoRelease        
OutdoorRestKill feeding cycle human outdoor killing
OvipositionTrap feeding cycle all all killing
ScaleLarvalHabitat larva all all reduction
SpaceSpraying feeding cycle human outdoor killing
SpatialRepellent feeding cycle all outdoor blocking
SugarTrap adults all all killing