Elimination of intracellularly residing <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> through targeting of host and bacterial signaling mechanisms (Publications)
With more than 2 billion latently infected people, TB continues to represent a serious threat to human health. According to the WHO, 1.1 million people died from TB in 2010, which is equal to approxim
Microsatellite DNA polymorphism and heterozygosity in the malaria vector mosquito <em>Anopheles funestus</em> (Diptera: Culicidae) in east and... (Publications)
There has been an increase in malaria cases in southern African countries in recent years due to the presence of populations of Anopheles funestus that are resistant to the pyrethroid class of insecti
Species-specific primer for identification of <em>Anopheles quadriannulatus</em> sp. B (Diptera: Culicidae) from Ethiopia using a multiplex polymerase... (Publications)
Anopheles quadriannulatus Theobald historically has been reported from southern Africa, Zanzibar islands, and Ethiopia. However, based on evidences of genetic incompatibility between crosses of South
Microsatellite and mitochondrial genetic differentiation of <em>Anopheles arabiensis</em> (Diptera: Culicidae) from western Kenya, the Great Rift... (Publications)
The population genetic structure of the African malaria vector Anopheles arabiensis from western Kenya, the Great Rift Valley, and coastal Kenya was investigated using 12 microsatellite loci and a par
Field evaluation of spatial repellency of metofluthrin-impregnated plastic strips against <em>Anopheles gambiae</em> complex in Bagamoyo, coastal... (Publications)
Metofluthrin is a newly synthesized pyrethroid possessing high knockdown and lethal activity against mosquitoes. Studies of metofluthrin-impregnated plastic strips have been performed with dengue vect