Chukwuekezie, Okechukwu Nwosu, Emmanuel Nwangwu, Udoka Dogunro, Festus Onwude, Cosmas Agashi, Nneka Ezihe, Ebuka Anioke, Clementina Anokwu, Stephen Eloy, Emelda
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Parasites & Vectors
BackgroundProgress made in the control of malaria vectors globally is largely due to the use of insecticides. However, success in the fight against malaria has slowed down or even stalled due to a host of factors including insecticide resistance. The greatest burden of the disease is felt in Africa, particularly Nigeria. Unfortunately, adequate inf...
Fotakis, Emmanouil Alexandros Giantsis, Ioannis Apostolou Castells Sierra, Javier Tanti, Filianna Balaska, Sofia Mavridis, Konstantinos Kourtidis, Sofoklis Vontas, John Chaskopoulou, Alexandra
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Infectious Diseases of Poverty
BackgroundAs of 2015 thousands of refugees are being hosted in temporary refugee camps in Greece. Displaced populations, travelling and living under poor conditions with limited access to healthcare are at a high risk of exposure to vector borne disease (VBD). This study sought to evaluate the risk for VBD transmission within refugee camps in Greec...
Assogba, Benoît S. Pasteur, Nicole Makoundou, Patrick Unal, Sandra Baba-Moussa, Lamine Labbé, Pierrick Weill, Mylène
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Parasites & Vectors
BackgroundInsecticide resistance is a growing concern for malaria control and vector control effectiveness relies on assessing it distribution and understanding its evolution.MethodsWe assessed resistance levels and the frequencies of two major target-site mutations, L1014F-VGSC and G119S-ace-1, conferring resistance to pyrethroids (PYRs) and carba...
Mansoor, Muhammad M. Shad, Sarfraz A.
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Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control
The common green lacewing, Chrysoperla carnea (Steph.) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) has a remarkable role in biological control programs being used to control insect pests of economic significance. This study aimed to investigate the potential of C. carnea against commonly used insecticides, especially acetamiprid. Selection with acetamiprid resulted ...
Kamgang, Basile Wilson-Bahun, Theodel A. Yougang, Aurelie P. Lenga, Arsene Wondji, Charles S.
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Infectious Diseases of Poverty
BackgroundIn the Republic of Congo, with two massive outbreaks of chikungunya observed this decade, little is known about the insecticide resistance profile of the two major arbovirus vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. Here, we established the resistance profile of both species to insecticides and explored the resistance mechanisms to help...
Shah, Monica P. Steinhardt, Laura C. Mwandama, Dyson Mzilahowa, Themba Gimnig, John E. Bauleni, Andy Wong, Jacklyn Wiegand, Ryan Mathanga, Don P. Lindblade, Kim A.
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Malaria Journal
BackgroundA previous cohort study in Malawi showed that users of new insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs) were significantly protected against malaria compared to non-users, despite moderate levels of pyrethroid resistance among the primary mosquito vectors. The present study investigated whether ITNs that were 1–2 years old continued to protect use...
Liu, Nian Feng, Xiangyang Qiu, Xinghui
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Malaria Journal
BackgroundMalaria is a deadly vector-borne disease in tropical and subtropical regions. Although indigenous malaria has been eliminated in Guangxi of China, 473 confirmed cases were reported in the Northern region of neighbouring Vietnam in 2014. Considering that frequent population movement occurs across the China–Vietnam border and insecticide re...
Ant, Thomas Foley, Erin Tytheridge, Scott Johnston, Colin Goncalves, Adriana Ceesay, Sainey Ndiath, Mamadou Ousmane Affara, Muna Martinez, Julien Pretorius, Elizabeth
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Malaria Journal
BackgroundBubaque is the most populous island of the Bijagos archipelago, a group of malaria-endemic islands situated off the coast of Guinea-Bissau, West Africa. Malaria vector control on Bubaque relies almost exclusively on the use of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs). However, there is little information on local vector bionomics and insect...
Hughes, Angela Lissenden, Natalie Viana, Mafalda Toé, Kobié Hyacinthe Ranson, Hilary
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Parasites & Vectors
BackgroundThe efficacy of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) in preventing malaria in Africa is threatened by insecticide resistance. Bioassays assessing 24-hour mortality post-LLIN exposure have established that resistance to the concentration of pyrethroids used in LLINs is widespread. However, although mosquitoes may no longer be rapidly kil...
Jeanrenaud, Alexander C. S. N. Brooke, Basil D. Oliver, Shüné V.
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Parasites & Vectors
BackgroundMembers of the Anopheles gambiae complex breed in clean, sunlit temporary bodies of water. Anthropogenic pollution is, however, altering the breeding sites of the vectors with numerous biological effects. Although the effects of larval metal pollution have previously been examined, this study aims to assess the transgenerational effects o...
