Mosquito-borne diseases, the most well known of which is malaria, are among the leading
causes of human deaths worldwide. Vector control is a very important part of the global …

By transmitting major human diseases such as malaria, dengue fever and filariasis,
mosquito species represent a serious threat worldwide in terms of public health, and pose a …

The fight against diseases spread by mosquitoes and other insects has enormous
environmental, economic and social consequences. Chemical insecticides remain the first …

Background Metabolic resistance to insecticides is the biggest threat to the continued
effectiveness of malaria vector control. However, its underlying molecular basis, crucial for …

Malaria control, and that of other insect borne diseases such as dengue, is heavily
dependent on our ability to control the mosquito populations that transmit these diseases …

Pyrethroid insecticides are critical for malaria control in Africa. However, resistance to this
insecticide class in the malaria vector Anopheles funestus is spreading rapidly across Africa …

Elucidating the genetic basis of metabolic resistance to insecticides in malaria vectors is
crucial to prolonging the effectiveness of insecticide-based control tools including long …

Malaria is still a major burden causing the death of nearly 655,000 people each year, mostly
in children under the age of five, and affecting those living in the poorest countries [1] …

Background In rural south-eastern Tanzania, Anopheles funestus is a major malaria vector,
and has been implicated in nearly 90% of all infective bites. Unfortunately, little is known …

Anopheles funestus is one of three major African vectors of malaria. Its distribution extends
over much of the tropics and subtropics wherever suitable swampy breeding habitats are …