Impact of recent and future climate change on vector‐borne diseases

C Caminade, KM McIntyre… - Annals of the New York …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is one of the greatest threats to human health in the 21st century. Climate
directly impacts health through climatic extremes, air quality, sea‐level rise, and multifaceted …

malERA: an updated research agenda for malaria elimination and eradication

RN Rabinovich, C Drakeley, AA Djimde, BF Hall… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Achieving a malaria-free world presents exciting scientific challenges as well as
overwhelming health, equity, and economic benefits. WHO and countries are setting …

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 …

Efficient population modification gene-drive rescue system in the malaria mosquito Anopheles stephensi

A Adolfi, VM Gantz, N Jasinskiene, HF Lee… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Cas9/gRNA-mediated gene-drive systems have advanced development of genetic
technologies for controlling vector-borne pathogen transmission. These technologies …

Shifting transmission risk for malaria in Africa with climate change: a framework for planning and intervention

SJ Ryan, CA Lippi, F Zermoglio - Malaria Journal, 2020 - Springer
Background Malaria continues to be a disease of massive burden in Africa, and the public
health resources targeted at surveillance, prevention, control, and intervention comprise …

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 …

The potential of gene drives in malaria vector species to control malaria in African environments

PA Hancock, A North, AW Leach, P Winskill… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Gene drives are a promising means of malaria control with the potential to cause sustained
reductions in transmission. In real environments, however, their impacts will depend on local …

Challenges and opportunities in controlling mosquito-borne infections

NM Ferguson - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Mosquito-borne diseases remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality across the tropical
regions. Despite much progress in the control of malaria, malaria-associated morbidity …

Evolutionary dynamics of CRISPR gene drives

C Noble, J Olejarz, KM Esvelt, GM Church… - Science advances, 2017 - science.org
The alteration of wild populations has been discussed as a solution to a number of
humanity's most pressing ecological and public health concerns. Enabled by the recent …

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 …