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Title: Technician – Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara Branch
Position Summary:
IHI is looking for an experienced Technician to work with a project bearing the title: Targeting Host Seeking Malaria Mosquitoes Using a Trick Evolved by their Parasites. This project aims to assess and develop a novel mosquito attractants based on organic volatiles generated by Gametocyte Circulating Metabolites in the Human Blood (HMBPP) for mass luring and trapping of malaria vectors.
The candidate will assist in conducting semi-field and field experiments to evaluate the attractiveness of HMBPP induced lures to malaria vectors. Also, the candidate will assist in recruiting malaria patients and health individuals from community members in the village to compare the profiles of volatiles generated from their exhaled breaths and skin.