Human mobility and urban malaria risk in the main transmission hotspot of Amazonian Brazil

IC Johansen, PT Rodrigues, MU Ferreira - PLoS One, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Malaria in the Amazon is often perceived as an exclusively rural disease, but transmission
has been increasingly documented within and near urban centers. Here we explore patterns …

Statistical modeling of surveillance data to identify correlates of urban malaria risk: A population-based study in the Amazon Basin

RM Corder, GA Paula, A Pincelli, MU Ferreira - PLoS One, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Despite the recent malaria burden reduction in the Americas, focal transmission persists
across the Amazon Basin. Timely analysis of surveillance data is crucial to characterize high …

Time lag effect on malaria transmission dynamics in an Amazonian Colombian municipality and importance for early warning systems

W Gonzalez-Daza, RJ Vivero-Gómez… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Malaria remains a significant public health problem worldwide, particularly in low-income
regions with limited access to healthcare. Despite the use of antimalarial drugs, transmission …

Field efficacy of VectoMax FG and VectoLex CG biological larvicides for malaria vector control in northwestern Brazil

PS Fontoura, AS da Costa, FS Ribeiro… - Journal of medical …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Despite historical and contemporary evidence of its effectiveness, larval source
management with insecticides remains little used by most malaria control programs …

Monthly biological larviciding associated with a tenfold decrease in larval density in fish farming ponds and reduced community-wide malaria incidence in …

PS Fontoura, MF Silva, AS da Costa, FS Ribeiro… - Parasites & …, 2021 - Springer
Background Larvicides are typically applied to fixed and findable mosquito breeding sites,
such as fish farming ponds used in commercial aquaculture, to kill immature forms and …

Invasive plants as foci of mosquito-borne pathogens: red cedar in the southern Great Plains of the USA

BH Noden, NM Cote, MH Reiskind, JL Talley - EcoHealth, 2021 - Springer
West Nile virus (WNV) is the most significant mosquito-borne disease affecting humans in
the United States. Eastern redcedar (ERC) is a native encroaching plant in the southern …

Minimal genetic differentiation of the malaria vector Nyssorhynchus darlingi associated with forest cover level in Amazonian Brazil

C Prussing, KJ Emerson, SA Bickersmith… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
The relationship between deforestation and malaria in Amazonian Brazil is complex, and a
deeper understanding of this relationship is required to inform effective control measures in …

Cohort profile: the Mâncio Lima cohort study of urban malaria in Amazonian Brazil

IC Johansen, PT Rodrigues, J Tonini, J Vinetz… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Purpose This population-based open cohort study aims to investigate biological and
sociodemographic drivers of malaria transmission in the main urban hotspot of Amazonian …

Time-lagged response of malaria transmission to climate and land use change in a Colombian Amazonian Municipality: Implications for Early Warning Systems and …

W Gonzalez-Daza, RJ Vivero-Gómez… - 2023 - researchsquare.com
Malaria remains a significant public health problem worldwide, particularly in low-income
regions with limited access to healthcare. Despite the use of antimalarial drugs, transmission …

Ecology and larval population dynamics of the primary malaria vector Nyssorhynchus darlingi in a high transmission setting dominated by fish farming in western …

P Rufalco-Moutinho, S Moura Kadri, D Peres Alonso… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Vale do Rio Juruá in western Acre, Brazil, is a persistent malaria transmission hotspot partly
due to fish farming development that was encouraged to improve local standards of living …