Putting evolution in elimination: winning our ongoing battle with evolving malaria mosquitoes and parasites

S Huijben, KP Paaijmans - Evolutionary applications, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Since 2000, the world has made significant progress in reducing malaria morbidity and
mortality, and several countries in Africa, South America and South‐East Asia are working …

Control of malaria vector mosquitoes by insecticide-treated combinations of window screens and eave baffles

GF Killeen, JP Masalu, D Chinula… - Emerging infectious …, 2017 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We assessed window screens and eave baffles (WSEBs), which enable mosquitoes to enter
but not exit houses, as an alternative to indoor residual spraying (IRS) for malaria vector …

Insights from agriculture for the management of insecticide resistance in disease vectors

ED Sternberg, MB Thomas - Evolutionary applications, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Key to contemporary management of diseases such as malaria, dengue, and filariasis is
control of the insect vectors responsible for transmission. Insecticide‐based interventions …

Evaluation of larval toxicity, mode of action and chemical composition of citrus essential oils against Anopheles stephensi and Culex quinquefasciatus

S Sharma, N Loach, S Gupta, L Mohan - Biocatalysis and Agricultural …, 2022 - Elsevier
Mosquitoes are the most significant insect vectors and are known for their community health
prominences, which causes economic and social disturbances. Almost currently …

Evolution and manipulation of vector host choice

S Gandon - The American Naturalist, 2018 - journals.uchicago.edu
The transmission of many animal and plant diseases relies on the behavior of arthropod
vectors. In particular, the specific preference for infected or uninfected hosts observed in …

A self‐cooling self‐humidifying mosquito carrier backpack for transporting live adult mosquitoes on foot over long distances under challenging field conditions

DR Kavishe, RV Msoffe, GZ Malika… - Medical and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
It is often necessary to use motorised transport to move live mosquitoes from distant field
collection points into a central insectary, so that their behavioural and/or physiological …

Repelling Aedes aegypti mosquitoes with electric fields using insulated conductor wires

NB Jobe, M Erickson, SE Rydberg… - PLOS Neglected …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Background The control and prevention of mosquito-borne diseases is mostly achieved with
insecticides. However, their use has led to the rapid development and spread of insecticide …

Less is more: repellent-treated fabric strips as a substitute for full screening of open eave gaps for indoor and outdoor protection from malaria mosquito bites

MM Njoroge, A Hiscox, A Saddler, W Takken… - Parasites & …, 2022 - Springer
Background Providing protection from malaria vector bites, both indoors and outdoors, is
crucial to curbing malaria parasite transmission. Screening of house entry points, especially …

Evaluating putative repellent 'push'and attractive 'pull'components for manipulating the odour orientation of host-seeking malaria vectors in the peri-domestic space

MM Njoroge, U Fillinger, A Saddler, S Moore… - Parasites & …, 2021 - Springer
Background Novel malaria vector control approaches aim to combine tools for maximum
protection. This study aimed to evaluate novel and re-evaluate existing putative repellent …