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\*Address all correspondence to: eliningaya.kweka@tpri.go.tz

1 School of Medicine, Department of Parasitology and Entomology, Catholic University of Health and Allied Health Sciences, Mwanza, Tanzania

2 Tropical Pesticides Research Institute, Arusha, Tanzania

3 National Institute for Medical Research, Tanga Centre, Tanzania

4 Ministry of Education Science and Technology, Mzumbe High School, Morogoro, Tanzania

5 Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania

6 College of Natural Sciences, University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

7 Tropical Pesticides Research Institute, Mabogini Field Station, Moshi, Tanzania
