• Dynamics of Changes in Cadmium Levels in the Environment 

  Godfred, Yaw Boanyah; Precious, Bondzie-Quaye (Cadmium Toxicity, 2024)

  This chapter delves into the dynamic patterns governing variations in cadmium (Cd) levels within the environment. Cd, a toxic heavy metal, exhibits complex behavior influenced by diverse factors, such as industrial activities, ...
• Feeding habits and malaria parasite infection of Anopheles mosquitoes in selected agroecological areas of Northwestern Ethiopia 

  Aklilu, K. Belay; Abebe, Asale; Catherine, L. Sole; Abdullahi, A. Yusuf; Baldwyn, Torto; Clifford, M. Mutero; David, P. Tchouassi (Parasites & Vectors, 2024)

  Background Surveillance of the host–anopheline mosquitoes’ interaction is important for assessing malaria transmission risk and guiding vector control. We assume that changes in malaria vector species’ feeding habits, as ...
• Epidemiology of Mansonella perstans and Loa loa: Prevalence and Specific Risk Factors in Njombe-Penja Health District, Littoral Region of Cameroon 

  Elvis, Akum Akumeyam; Chaba, Felicitas Ambele (International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health, 2024)

  Aim: This epidemiological survey aimed to determine the prevalence and specific risk factors of Mansonella perstans and Loa loa infections in the Njombe-Penja Health District of Cameroon. This region is endemic for filarial ...
• Feasibility of sand fly control based on knowledge of sensory ecology 

  David, P Tchouassi; Trizah, K Milugo; Baldwyn, Torto (Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2024)

  Phlebotomine sand flies are vectors of multiple human pathogens but are well known for enabling transmission of Leishmania parasites, which cause leishmaniasis, the visceral form constituting a serious public health disease ...
• Detection and prevalence of a novel Bandavirus related to Guertu virus in Amblyomma gemma ticks and human populations in Isiolo County, Kenya 

  Hellen, Koka; Solomon, Langat; Samuel, Oyola; Faith, Cherop; Gilbert, Rotich; James, Mutisya; Victor, Ofula; Konongoi, Limbaso; Juliette, R. Ongus; Joel, Lutomiah; Rosemary, Sang (PLOS ONE, 2024)

  Emerging tick-borne viruses of medical and veterinary importance are increasingly being reported globally. This resurgence emphasizes the need for sustained surveillance to provide insights into tick-borne viral diversity ...
• Insights into malaria vectors–plant interaction in a dryland ecosystem 

  Fiona, Kinya; Trizah, K. Milugo; Clifford, M. Mutero; Charles, S. Wondji; Baldwyn, Torto; David, P. Tchouassi (Scientific Reports, 2024)

  Improved understanding of mosquito–plant feeding interactions can reveal insights into the ecological dynamics of pathogen transmission. In wild malaria vectors Anopheles gambiae s.l. and An. funestus group surveyed in ...
• Efficacy of Metarhizium anisopliae, Isolate ICIPE 7, against Anopheles arabiensis, Glossina fuscipes, and Rhipicephalus spp. 

  Fedinand, Ong’wen; Margaret, Mendi Njoroge; Ulrike, Fillinger; Heike, Lutermann; Tullu, Bukhari (Insects, 2024)

  Arthropod vectors are responsible for a multitude of human and animal diseases affecting poor communities in sub-Saharan Africa. Their control still relies on chemical agents, despite growing evidence of insecticide ...
• Next generation sequencing improves the resolution of detecting mixed host blood meal sources in field collected arboviral mosquito vectors 

  Tchouassi, David P.; Robinson, O. Kisero; Rotich, Gilbert; Christopher, Dunlap; Baldwyn, Torto; Ephantus, J. Muturi (Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 2024)

  Accurate knowledge of blood meal hosts of different mosquito species is critical foridentifying potential vectors and establishing the risk of pathogen transmission. Wecompared the performance of Miseq next generation ...
• Isolation and phylogenetic characterization of arboviruses circulating among phlebotomine sandflies in parts of North Rift, Kenya 

  Edith, Koskei; Solomon, Langat; James, Mutisya; Francis, Mulwa; Joel, Lutomiah; Hellen, Koka; Samuel, O. Oyola; Rebecca, Waihenya; Sepha, N. Mabeya; Rosemary, Sang (Frontiers in Virology, 2024)

  Background: Until recently, arbovirus surveillance is mainly focused on mosquito and tick vectors, resulting in the discovery of several mosquito- and tick-borne arboviruses. However, the role of sandflies in arbovirus ...
• Tungiasis among children in Kenya is associated with poor nutrition status, absenteeism, poor school performance and high impact on quality of life 

  Lynne, Elson; Christopher, Kamau; Sammy, Koech; Christopher, Muthama; George, Gachomba; Erastus, Sinoti; Elwyn, Chondo; Eliud, Mburu; Elwyn, Chondo; Miriam, Wakio; Jimmy, Lore; Marta, Maia; Ifedayo, Adetifa; Benedict, Orindi; Phillip, Bejon; Ulrike, Fillinger (2024)

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• Designing and delivering bioinformatics project-based learning in East Africa 

  Kibet, Caleb K.; Domelevo Entfellner, Jean-Baka; Jjingo, Daudi; Pierre de Villiers, Etienne; Santie de Villiers; Wambui, Karen; Kinyanjui, Sam; Masiga, Daniel (BMC Bioinformatics, 2024)

  The Eastern Africa Network for Bioinformatics Training (EANBiT) has matured through continuous evaluation, feedback, and codesign. We highlight how the program has evolved to meet challenges and achieve its goals and how ...
• Insights and challenges of insecticide resistance modelling in malaria vectors: a review 

  Ibrahim, Eric Ali; Wamalwa, Mark; Odindi, John; Tonnang, Henri Edouard Zefack (Parasites & Vectors, 2024)

  Background Malaria is one of the most devastating tropical diseases, resulting in loss of lives each year, especially in children under the age of 5 years. Malaria burden, related deaths and stall in the progress against ...
• Willingness to accept and participate in a Microsporidia MB-based mosquito release strategy: a community-based rapid assessment in western Kenya 

  Bukhari, Tullu; Gichuhi, Joseph; Mbare, Oscar; . Ochwa, Victoria A; Fillinger, Ulrike; Herren, Jeremy K. (Malaria Journal, 2024)

  Abstract Background Microsporidia MB, an endosymbiont naturally found in Anopheles mosquitoes inhibits transmission of Plasmodium and is a promising candidate for a transmission-blocking strategy that may involve mosquito ...
• Bacteria associated with Parthenium hysterophorus root exudate influence olfactory oviposition responses of Anopheles gambiae 

  Trizah, Milugo; Baldwyn, Torto; David i, P. Tchouass (Frontiers in Tropical Diseases, 2024)

  Introduction: Previously, we documented that the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae responds to volatile emissions from the root exudate water of the invasive plant, Parthenium hysterophorus. However, the origin of the ...
• High pesticide tolerance of S. mansoni: implications for the risk of schistosomiasis 

  Akbar, A. Ganatra; Francis, McOdimba; Salim, Kaneno; Jeremias, M. Becker; Naeem, Shahid; Henner, Hollert; Matthias, Liess; Eric, L. Agola; Ulrike, Fillinger (Environmental Sciences Europe, 2024)

  Background Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by trematodes of the genus Schistosoma. The pathogen is transmitted via freshwater snails. These snails are highly tolerant to agricultural pesticides and ...
• Draft genome of Microsporidia sp. MB—a malaria-blocking microsporidian symbiont of the Anopheles arabiensis 

  Lilian, Mbaisi Ang'ang'o; Jacqueline, Wahura Waweru; Edward, Edmond Makhulu; Anne, Wairimu; Fidel, Gabriel Otieno; Thomas, Onchuru; Özlem, Tastan Bishop; Jeremy, Keith Herren (Genomics and Proteomics, 2024)

  We report the draft whole-genome assembly of Microsporidia sp. MB, a symbiotic malaria-transmission-blocking microsporidian isolated from Anopheles arabiensis in Kenya. The whole-genome sequence of Microsporidia sp. MB has ...
• Polymer Beads Increase Field Responses to Host Attractants in the Dengue Vector Aedes aegypti 

  Elizabeth, F. Adhiambo; Louis-Clement, Gouagna; Eunice, A. Owino; Francis, Mutuku; Merid, N. Getahun; Baldwyn, Torto; David, P. Tchouassi (Journal of Chemical Ecology, 2024)

  This study investigates the efficacy of three different olfactory cues - cyclohexanone, linalool oxide (LO), and 6-methyl-5-heptan-2-one (sulcatone) - in attracting Aedes aegypti, the primary vector of dengue, using BG ...
• House Screening Reduces Exposure to Indoor Host-Seeking and Biting Malaria Vectors: Evidence from Rural South-East Zambia 

  Kochelani, Saili; Christiaan, De Jager; Freddie, Masaninga; Peter, Onyango Sangoro; Theresia, Estomih Nkya; Likulunga, Emmanuel Likulunga; Jacob, Chirwa; Busiku, Hamainza; Emmanuel, Chanda; Ulrike, Fillinger; Clifford, Maina Mutero (Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2024)

  This study evaluated the impact of combining house screens with long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) on mosquito host-seeking, resting, and biting behavior. Intervention houses received house screens and LLINs, while ...
• Identification of tungiasis infection hotspots with a low-cost, high-throughput method for extracting Tunga penetrans (Siphonaptera) off-host stages from soil samples–An observational study 

  Abneel, K.Matharu; Paul, Ouma; Margaret, M.Njoroge; Billy, L. Amugune; Ayako, Hyuga; Francis, Mutebi; Jurgen, Krucken; Hermann, Feldmeier; Lynne, Elson; Ulrike, Fillinger (PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES, 2024)

  The sand flea,Tungapenetrans,is the cause of a severely neglected parasitics kin disease(tungiasis)in the tropics and has received little attention from entomologists to understand its transmission ecology.Likeallfleas,T ...
• Microsporidia MB in the primary malaria vector Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto is avirulent and undergoes maternal and horizontal transmission 

  Nattoh Godfrey; Onyango Brenda; Makhulu Edward, Edmond; Omoke Diana; Mbaisi Ang’ang’o Lilian; Kamau Luna; Machani Gesuge Maxwell; Ochomo Eric; Jeremy, Keith Herren (Parasites & Vectors, 2023)

  Background The demonstration that the recently discovered Anopheles symbiont Microsporidia MB blocks malaria transmission in Anopheles arabiensis and undergoes vertical and horizontal transmission suggests that it is a ...

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