The need for practical insecticide-resistance guidelines to effectively inform mosquito-borne disease control programs

A Namias, NB Jobe, KP Paaijmans, S Huijben - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Monitoring local mosquito populations for insecticide resistance is critical for effective vector-
borne disease control. However, widely used phenotypic assays, which are designed to …

Evaluating insecticide resistance across African districts to aid malaria control decisions

CL Moyes, DK Athinya, T Seethaler… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Malaria vector control may be compromised by resistance to insecticides in vector
populations. Actions to mitigate against resistance rely on surveillance using standard …

The potential public health consequences of COVID-19 on malaria in Africa

E Sherrard-Smith, AB Hogan, A Hamlet, OJ Watson… - Nature medicine, 2020 - nature.com
The burden of malaria is heavily concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) where cases and
deaths associated with COVID-19 are rising. In response, countries are implementing …

Diurnal biting of malaria mosquitoes in the Central African Republic indicates residual transmission may be “out of control”

C Sangbakembi-Ngounou… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Malaria control interventions target nocturnal feeding of the Anopheles vectors indoors to
reduce parasite transmission. Mass deployment of insecticidal bed nets and indoor residual …

Novel control strategies for mosquito-borne diseases

RT Jones, TH Ant, MM Cameron… - … Transactions of the …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Mosquito-borne diseases are an increasing global health challenge, threatening over 40%
of the world's population. Despite major advances in malaria control since 2000, recent …

Mosquito feeding behavior and how it influences residual malaria transmission across Africa

E Sherrard-Smith, JE Skarp, AD Beale… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
The antimalarial efficacy of the most important vector control interventions—long-lasting
insecticidal nets (LLINs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS)—primarily protect against …

Indoor residual spraying for malaria control in sub-Saharan Africa 1997 to 2017: an adjusted retrospective analysis

JAA Tangena, CMJ Hendriks, M Devine, M Tammaro… - Malaria journal, 2020 - Springer
Background Indoor residual spraying (IRS) is a key tool for controlling and eliminating
malaria by targeting vectors. To support the development of effective intervention strategies …

The impact of stopping and starting indoor residual spraying on malaria burden in Uganda

JF Namuganga, A Epstein, JI Nankabirwa… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The scale-up of malaria control efforts has led to marked reductions in malaria burden over
the past twenty years, but progress has slowed. Implementation of indoor residual spraying …

Inferring the epidemiological benefit of indoor vector control interventions against malaria from mosquito data

E Sherrard-Smith, C Ngufor, A Sanou… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The cause of malaria transmission has been known for over a century but it is still unclear
whether entomological measures are sufficiently reliable to inform policy decisions in human …

Genome-wide association studies reveal novel loci associated with pyrethroid and organophosphate resistance in Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles coluzzii

ER Lucas, SC Nagi, A Egyir-Yawson… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Resistance to insecticides in Anopheles mosquitoes threatens the effectiveness of malaria
control, but the genetics of resistance are only partially understood. We performed a large …