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Repellent Plants Provide Affordable Natural Screening to Prevent Mosquito House Entry in Tropical Rural Settings—Results from a Pilot Efficacy Study 1,2 3,4 1 1 1 Frank C. Mng’ong’o , Joseph J. Sambali , Eustachkius Sabas , Justine Rubanga , Jaka Magoma , 3 5 3 2 2,3 Alex J. Ntamatungiro , Elizabeth L. Turner , Daniel Nyogea , Jeroen H. J. Ensink , Sarah J. Moore * 1 Concern Worldwide Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 2 Disease Control Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, 3 Biomedical and Environmental Group, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara, Tanzania, 4 Department of Geography, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom, 5 Department of Medical Statistics, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom Abstract Sustained malaria control is underway using a combination of vector control, prompt diagnosis and treatment of malaria cases. Progress is excellent, but for long-term control, low-cost, sustainable tools that supplement existing control programs are needed. Conventional vector control tools such as indoor residual spraying and house screening are highly effective, but difficult to deliver in rural areas. Therefore, an additional means of reducing mosquito house entry was evaluated: the screening of mosquito house entry points by planting the tall and densely foliated repellent plant Lantana camara L. around houses. A pilot efficacy study was performed in Kagera Region, Tanzania in an area of high seasonal malaria transmission, whe