Understanding key vectors and vector-borne diseases associated with freshwater ecosystem across Africa: Implications for public health

OJ Okoro, GG Deme, CO Okoye, SC Eze… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The emerging and re-emerging vector-borne diseases transmitted by key freshwater
organisms have remained a global concern. As one of the leading biodiversity hotspots, the …

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 …

Adherence to EAT-Lancet dietary recommendations for health and sustainability in the Gambia

Z Ali, PFD Scheelbeek, J Felix, B Jallow… - Environmental …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Facilitating dietary change is pivotal to improving population health, increasing food system
resilience, and minimizing adverse impacts on the environment, but assessment of the …

Inhibition and Mechanism of Plasmodium falciparum Hypoxanthine–Guanine–Xanthine Phosphoribosyltransferase

Y VT Minnow, K Suthagar, K Clinch… - ACS chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Plasmodium falciparum hypoxanthine–guanine–xanthine phosphoribosyltransferase (Pf
HGXPRT) is essential for purine salvage of hypoxanthine into parasite purine nucleotides …

Landscape and Socioeconomic Factors Determine Malaria Incidence in Tropical Forest Countries

A Bailey, PR Prist - International Journal of Environmental Research and …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Deforestation, landscape dynamics, and socioeconomic factors within the tropical Americas,
Africa, and Asia may have different impacts on malaria incidence. To evaluate how these …

Entomological drivers of uneven malaria transmission in urban lowland areas in Bouaké, Côte d'Ivoire

MMC Dahoui, KA Adou, B Coulibaly, KL Niamien… - Malaria Journal, 2023 - Springer
Background The use of urban lowlands for agriculture contributes to the food security of city-
dwellers, but promotes malaria transmission. The objective of the study was to characterize …

Impacts of deforestation on childhood malaria depend on wealth and vector biology

TK Estifanos, B Fisher, GL Galford, TH Ricketts - GeoHealth, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Ecosystem change can profoundly affect human well‐being and health, including through
changes in exposure to vector‐borne diseases. Deforestation has increased human …

[HTML][HTML] Fine-Scale Spatial Prediction on the Risk of Plasmodium vivax Infection in the Republic of Korea

KD Min, YJ Baek, K Hwang, NR Shin… - Journal of Korean …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Malaria elimination strategies in the Republic of Korea (ROK) have decreased
malaria incidence but face challenges due to delayed case detection and response. To …

Modelling the effects of climate and climate change on transmission of vector-borne disease

MS Shocket, JM Caldwell, PJ Huxley, CA Lippi… - … health approaches to …, 2023 - brill.com
Mathematical and statistical models are critical tools for both understanding how climate can
influence patterns of vector-borne disease transmission, and predicting how climate change …

Malaria transmission pattern across the Sahelian, humid savanna, highland and forest eco-epidemiological settings in Cameroon

NAK Chouakeu, T Tchuinkam, R Bamou, MM Bindamu… - Malaria Journal, 2023 - Springer
Background Malaria remains a major public health concern in Cameroon. Understanding
vector distribution and malaria transmission dynamics is of paramount importance for …