Insect cuticle: a critical determinant of insecticide resistance

V Balabanidou, L Grigoraki, J Vontas - Current opinion in insect science, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•Cuticular resistance is due to cuticle thickening and its altered
composition.•Cuticular alterations can increase the intensity and broaden the spectrum of …

Malaria eradication within a generation: ambitious, achievable, and necessary

RGA Feachem, I Chen, O Akbari, A Bertozzi-Villa… - The Lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Executive summary 50 years after a noble but flawed attempt to eradicate malaria in the mid-
20th century, the global malaria community is once again seriously considering eradication …

Changes in contributions of different Anopheles vector species to malaria transmission in east and southern Africa from 2000 to 2022

BJ Msugupakulya, NH Urio, M Jumanne, HS Ngowo… - Parasites & vectors, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background Malaria transmission in Africa is facilitated by multiple species of
Anopheles mosquitoes. These vectors have different behaviors and vectorial capacities and …

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 …

Biological control of mosquito vectors: past, present, and future

G Benelli, CL Jeffries, T Walker - Insects, 2016 - mdpi.com
Mosquitoes represent the major arthropod vectors of human disease worldwide transmitting
malaria, lymphatic filariasis, and arboviruses such as dengue virus and Zika virus …

Neglected tropical diseases: progress towards addressing the chronic pandemic

DH Molyneux, L Savioli, D Engels - The Lancet, 2017 - thelancet.com
The concept of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) emerged more than a decade ago and
has been recognised as a valid way to categorise diseases that affect the poorest …

Cytochrome P450 associated with insecticide resistance catalyzes cuticular hydrocarbon production in Anopheles gambiae

V Balabanidou, A Kampouraki, M MacLean… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - pnas.org
The role of cuticle changes in insecticide resistance in the major malaria vector Anopheles
gambiae was assessed. The rate of internalization of 14C deltamethrin was significantly …

Genetic diversity of the African malaria vector Anopheles gambiae

Anopheles gambiae 1000 Genomes Consortium - Nature, 2017 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The sustainability of malaria control in Africa is threatened by the rise of insecticide
resistance in Anopheles mosquitoes that transmit the disease1. To gain a deeper …

Implications of insecticide resistance for malaria vector control with long-lasting insecticidal nets: a WHO-coordinated, prospective, international, observational cohort …

I Kleinschmidt, J Bradley, TB Knox… - The Lancet infectious …, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background Scale-up of insecticide-based interventions has averted more than 500 million
malaria cases since 2000. Increasing insecticide resistance could herald a rebound in …

Recent trends in global insecticide use for disease vector control and potential implications for resistance management

H van den Berg, HS da Silva Bezerra, S Al-Eryani… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Insecticides have played a major role in the prevention, control, and elimination of vector-
borne diseases, but insecticide resistance threatens the efficacy of available vector control …