DNA barcoding mosquitoes: advice for potential prospectors

NW Beebe - Parasitology, 2018 - cambridge.org
Mosquitoes' importance as vectors of pathogens that drive disease underscores the
importance of precise and comparable methods of taxa identification among their species …

Six decades of malaria vector control in southern Africa: a review of the entomological evidence-base

TE Nkya, U Fillinger, OP Sangoro, R Marubu… - Malaria Journal, 2022 - Springer
Background Countries in the southern Africa region have set targets for malaria elimination
between 2020 and 2030. Malaria vector control is among the key strategies being …

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 …

Automatic detection of open and vegetated water bodies using Sentinel 1 to map African malaria vector mosquito breeding habitats

A Hardy, G Ettritch, DE Cross, P Bunting, F Liywalii… - Remote Sensing, 2019 - mdpi.com
Providing timely and accurate maps of surface water is valuable for map** malaria risk
and targeting disease control interventions. Radar satellite remote sensing has the potential …

[HTML][HTML] Malaria elimination: time to target all species

AA Lover, JK Baird, R Gosling… - The American journal of …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Important strides have been made within the past decade toward malaria elimination in
many regions, and with this progress, the feasibility of eradication is once again under …

[HTML][HTML] Efficacy of a spatial repellent for control of malaria in Indonesia: a cluster-randomized controlled trial

D Syafruddin, PBS Asih, IE Rozi… - The American Journal …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A cluster-randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial was conducted to estimate
the protective efficacy (PE) of a spatial repellent (SR) against malaria infection in Sumba …

Gene drive in species complexes: Defining target organisms

JB Connolly, J Romeis, Y Devos, DCM Glandorf… - Trends in …, 2023 - cell.com
Engineered gene drives, which bias their own inheritance to increase in frequency in target
populations, are being developed to control mosquito malaria vectors. Such mosquitoes can …

[HTML][HTML] A geo-coded inventory of anophelines in the Afrotropical Region south of the Sahara: 1898-2016

D Kyalo, P Amratia, CW Mundia, CM Mbogo… - Wellcome open …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Understanding the distribution of anopheline vectors of malaria is an important
prelude to the design of national malaria control and elimination programmes. A single, geo …

[HTML][HTML] Novel Wolbachia strains in Anopheles malaria vectors from sub-Saharan Africa

CL Jeffries, GG Lawrence, G Golovko… - Wellcome open …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Wolbachia, a common insect endosymbiotic bacterium that can influence
pathogen transmission and manipulate host reproduction, has historically been considered …

The importance of morphological identification of African anopheline mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) for malaria control programmes

E Erlank, LL Koekemoer, M Coetzee - Malaria Journal, 2018 - Springer
Background The correct identification of disease vectors is the first step towards
implementing an effective control programme. Traditionally, for malaria control, this was …