Women in agriculture: pathways of pesticide exposure, potential health risks and vulnerability in sub-Saharan Africa

B Atinkut Asmare, B Freyer, J Bingen - Environmental Sciences Europe, 2022 - Springer
Background Pesticide exposure and its adverse impacts remain a major problem for
women's health, but a comprehensive scientific literature and summaries are still missing …

Geographical distribution of Anopheles stephensi in eastern Ethiopia

M Balkew, P Mumba, D Dengela, G Yohannes… - Parasites & vectors, 2020 - Springer
Background The recent detection of the South Asian malaria vector Anopheles stephensi in
Ethiopia and other regions in the Horn of Africa has raised concerns about its potential …

Mapping trends in insecticide resistance phenotypes in African malaria vectors

PA Hancock, CJM Hendriks, JA Tangena, H Gibson… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Mitigating the threat of insecticide resistance in African malaria vector populations requires
comprehensive information about where resistance occurs, to what degree, and how this …

Insecticide resistance in Anopheles stephensi in Somali Region, eastern Ethiopia

S Yared, A Gebressielasie, L Damodaran, V Bonnell… - Malaria journal, 2020 - Springer
Background The movement of malaria vectors into new areas is a growing concern in the
efforts to control malaria. The recent report of Anopheles stephensi in eastern Ethiopia has …

Exposure of infants to organochlorine pesticides from breast milk consumption in southwestern Ethiopia

S Mekonen, A Ambelu, M Wondafrash, P Kolsteren… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Breast milk is often used as an environmental bioindicator since it serves as an important
medium to accumulate organochlorine pesticides. The main aim of this study is to determine …

Genome‐wide gene expression profiling reveals that cuticle alterations and P450 detoxification are associated with deltamethrin and DDT resistance in Anopheles …

EA Simma, W Dermauw, V Balabanidou… - Pest management …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Vector control is the main intervention in malaria control and elimination
strategies. However, the development of insecticide resistance is one of the major …

Evaluation of toxicity of clothianidin (neonicotinoid) and chlorfenapyr (pyrrole) insecticides and cross-resistance to other public health insecticides in Anopheles …

K Dagg, S Irish, RE Wiegand, J Shililu, D Yewhalaw… - Malaria journal, 2019 - Springer
Background Insecticide-based interventions play an integral role in malaria vector control.
However, the continued spread of insecticide resistance threatens to undermine progress …

Patterns of human exposure to early evening and outdoor biting mosquitoes and residual malaria transmission in Ethiopia

T Degefa, AK Githeko, MC Lee, G Yan, D Yewhalaw - Acta tropica, 2021 - Elsevier
Ethiopia has shown a notable progress in reducing malaria burden over the past decade,
mainly due to the scaleup of vector control interventions such as long-lasting insecticidal …

Susceptibility testing of Anopheles malaria vectors with the neonicotinoid insecticide clothianidin; results from 16 African countries, in preparation for indoor residual …

RM Oxborough, A Seyoum, Y Yihdego, R Dabire… - Malaria Journal, 2019 - Springer
Background In 2017, more than 5 million house structures were sprayed through the US
President's Malaria Initiative, protecting more than 21 million people in sub-Saharan Africa …

Identification of two insecticide resistance markers in Ethiopian Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes using a multiplex amplicon sequencing assay

H Acford-Palmer, JE Phelan, FG Tadesse, M Kristan… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Since its first detection in 2012 in Djibouti, Anopheles stephensi has invaded and
established in the Horn of Africa, and more recently Nigeria. The expansion of this vector …