Mosquito behavior change after distribution of bednets results in decreased protection against malaria exposure (Publications)
efficacy of vector control in reducing malaria transmission. Methods.: In this study, we quantified human exposure to both bites and infective bites of a major malaria vector in Papua New Guinea over the [...] the course of 4 years surrounding nationwide bednet distribution. We also quantified malaria infection prevalence in the human population during the same time period. Results.: We observed a shift in mosquito [...] period and was lowest in the adult population, who may be an important...
Asymptomatic and sub-microscopic malaria infection in Kayah State, eastern Myanmar (Publications)
be targeted for malaria elimination. METHODS: A mass blood survey was conducted among 485 individuals from six villages in Kayah State, an area of endemic but low transmission malaria in eastern Myanmar [...] BACKGROUND: Myanmar has the heaviest burden of malaria in the Greater Mekong Sub-region. Asymptomatic Plasmodium spp. infections are common in this region and may represent an important reservoir of t [...] Myanmar. Malaria infection was screened by rapid diagnostic test (RDT), light...
Higher complexity of infection and genetic diversity of <em>Plasmodium vivax </em>than <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> across all malaria transmission... (Publications)
New Guinea (PNG) to evaluate transmission dynamics across the country. In 2008-2009, a nationwide malaria indicator survey collected 8,936 samples from all 16 endemic provinces of PNG. Of these, 892 positive
An investment case to prevent the reintroduction of malaria in Sri Lanka (Publications)
in reducing the burden of malaria, recording no locally transmitted malaria cases since November 2012 and zero deaths since 2007. The country was recently certified as malaria free by World Health Organization [...] due to persistent receptivity and vulnerability to malaria transmission. Maintaining the gains will require continued sustainability to the malaria program to maintain the activities aimed at preventing [...] economic cost of the malaria program in 2014 was estimated at U.S. dollars...
Malaria parasites possess a telomere repeat-binding protein that shares ancestry with transcription factor IIIA (Publications)
characteristic MYB-type domain. Here, we identified the telomere repeat-binding protein PfTRZ in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, a member of the Alveolate phylum for which TRFs have not been described
Susceptibility of <em>Anopheles gambiae</em> to insecticides used for malaria vector control in Rwanda (Publications)
a major threat to the gains made in malaria control. To monitor the presence and possible emergence of resistance against a variety of insecticides used for malaria control in Rwanda, nationwide insecticide [...] using the synergist PBO. CONCLUSION: This is the first nationwide study of insecticide resistance in malaria vectors in Rwanda. It shows the gradual increase of insecticide resistance to pyrethroids (lambd [...] testing and implement an insecticide resistance management strategy to...