À la carte: how mosquitoes choose their blood meals

SL Blanken, WP O'Meara, FJH Hol, T Bousema… - Trends in …, 2024 - cell.com
Mosquitoes are important vectors for human diseases, transmitting pathogens that cause a
range of parasitic and viral infections. Mosquito blood-feeding is heterogeneous, meaning …

[HTML][HTML] Quantifying the direct and indirect protection provided by insecticide treated bed nets against malaria

HJT Unwin, E Sherrard-Smith, TS Churcher… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Long lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) provide both direct and indirect protection against
malaria. As pyrethroid resistance evolves in mosquito vectors, it will be useful to understand …

[HTML][HTML] Addressing the Dengue fever challenges in Nigeria: A narrative review and recommendations for control

RO Adesola, FA Ajibade, I Idris, GY Scott… - Le Infezioni in …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne viral infection that continues to pose a significant public
health threat globally, including Nigeria. Here, we provided a review of dengue fever …

[HTML][HTML] Risk of Plasmodium falciparum infection in south-west Burkina Faso: potential impact of expanding eligibility for seasonal malaria chemoprevention

JB Yaro, AB Tiono, A Ouedraogo, B Lambert… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Burkina Faso has one of the highest malaria burdens in sub-Saharan Africa despite the
mass deployment of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) and use of seasonal malaria …

[HTML][HTML] Overlaying human and mosquito behavioral data to estimate residual exposure to host-seeking mosquitoes and the protection of bednets in a malaria …

L Fernandez Montoya, C Alafo, H Martí-Soler… - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Characterizing persistent malaria transmission that occurs after the combined deployment of
indoor residual spraying (IRS) and long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) is critical to guide …

[HTML][HTML] Risk factors for Plasmodium falciparum infection in pregnant women in Burkina Faso: a community-based cross-sectional survey

JB Yaro, A Ouedraogo, A Diarra, S Sombié… - Malaria journal, 2021 - Springer
Background Malaria in pregnancy remains a public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa.
Identifying risk factors for malaria in pregnancy could assist in developing interventions to …

[HTML][HTML] The interplay between malaria vectors and human activity accounts for high residual malaria transmission in a Burkina Faso village with universal ITN …

E Perugini, WM Guelbeogo, F Guglielmo, C Poggi… - Parasites & …, 2023 - Springer
Background Mosquito and human behaviour interaction is a key determinant of the
maximum level of protection against malaria that can be provided by insecticide-treated nets …

[HTML][HTML] A qualitative look at bed net access and use in Burkina Faso, Mozambique, Nigeria, and Rwanda following piloted distributions of dual-active ingredient …

J Shannon, M Kagone, B Candrinho, S Otikwu… - Malaria Journal, 2024 - Springer
Background Universal coverage with insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) is important for malaria
control and elimination. The emergence and intensification of insecticide resistance …

[HTML][HTML] Design and methods for a quasi-experimental pilot study to evaluate the impact of dual active ingredient insecticide-treated nets on malaria burden in five …

A Gansané, B Candrinho, A Mbituyumuremyi… - Malaria journal, 2022 - Springer
Background Vector control tools have contributed significantly to a reduction in malaria
burden since 2000, primarily through insecticidal-treated bed nets (ITNs) and indoor …

Marked heterogeneity in malaria infection risk in a Malian longitudinal cohort

E LaVerriere, ZM Johnson, M Shieh, N Nziza, G Alter… - medRxiv, 2024 - medrxiv.org
Variation in malaria infection risk, a product of disease exposure and immunity, is poorly
understood. We genotypically profiled over 13,000 blood samples from a six-year …