Entomological dataset from Effect of passive and active ventilation on malaria mosquito-house entry and human comfort: an experimental study in rural Gambia

We assessed whether passive or active ventilation can reduce house entry of malaria mosquitoes and cool a bedroom at night in rural Gambia. Two identical experimental houses were used: one ventilated and one unventilated (control).

We evaluated the impact of (1) passive ventilation (solar chimney) and (2) active ventilation (ceiling fan) on the number of mosquitoes collected indoors and environmental parameters (temperature, humidity, CO2, evaporation). Although the solar chimney did not reduce entry of Anopheles gambiae s.l., the ceiling fan reduced house entry by 91% compared to the control house. There were no differences in indoor nightly temperature, humidity or CO2 between intervention and control houses in either experiment.