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A previously unreported potential malaria vector in a dry ecology of Kenya

Abstract: Background: In Kenya, malaria remains a major public health menace equally affecting the semi-arid to arid ecol

Removing constraints to sustainable food production: new ways to exploit secondary metabolism from companion planting and GM.

Abstract: The entire process of agricultural and horticultural food production is unsustainable as practiced by current h

Remote and Field Level Quantification of Vegetation Covariates for Malaria Mapping in Three Rice Agro-village Complexes in Central Kenya

Abstract: Background: We examined algorithms for malaria mapping using the impact of reflectance calibration uncertaintie

Genome-Wide Patterns of Gene Expression during Aging in the African Malaria Vector Anopheles gambiae

Abstract: The primary means of reducing malaria transmission is through reduction in longevity in days of the adult femal

The Role of Unused Swimming Pools as a Habitat for Anopheles Immature Stages in Urban Malindi, Kenya

Abstract: ABSTRACT. We conducted larval surveys in habitats located in urban Malindi, Kenya, in 2005 and 2006 with the go

Estimating Dispersal and Survival of Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles funestus Along the Kenyan Coast by Using Mark–Release–Recapture Methods

Abstract: Mark-Drelease-Drecapture (MRR) experiments were conducted with emerging Anopheles gambiae s.l. and Anopheles fu

Larvicidal Activity of Piper Guineense and Spilanthes Mauritiana Crude-powder against Anopheles gambiae and Culex Quinquefasciatus in Kilifi District, Kenya

Abstract: Field trials were conducted in Kilifi District, Kenya on the activity of Piper guineense and Spilantus mauritia

Abundance of immature Anopheles and culicines (Diptera: Culicidae) in different water body types in the urban environment of Malindi, Kenya

Abstract: In this study we 1) describe the abundance of Anopheles and culicine immatures in different water body types in

Attraction of Anopheles gambiae to odour baits augmented with heat and moisture

Abstract: Background: The search for a standard human surrogate in the form of a synthetic mosquito attractant has been t

Spatial Distribution and Habitat Characterisation of Anopheles Larvae along the Kenyan Coast

Abstract: Background & objectives: A study was conducted to characterise larval habitats and to determine spatial het

Integrated Vector Management for Malaria Control

Abstract: Integrated vector management (IVM) is defined as "a rational decision-making process for the optimal use of res

Mosquito-specialist spiders

Abstract: What does ‘mosquito specialist’mean? A mosquito specialist is a predator that actively prefers mosquitoes, by w

The Attentive Spider: Search-Image Use by a Mosquito-Eating Predator

Abstract: Evarcha culicivora, a jumping spider from East Africa, feeds indirectly on vertebrate blood by choosing blood-c

Thorsellia Anophelis is the Dominant Bacterium in a Kenyan Population of Adult Anopheles Gambiae Mosquitoes

Abstract: Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes are not known to harbor endosymbiotic bacteria. Here we show, using nucleic acid-b

Olfactory search-image use by a mosquito-eating predator

Abstract: By choosing blood-carrying mosquitoes as prey, Evarcha culicivora, an East African salticid spider,specializes

Environmental Abundance of Anopheles (Diptera: Culicidae) Larval Habitats on Land Cover Change Sites in Karima Village, Mwea Rice Scheme, Kenya.

Abstract: A study was carried out at Karima Village in the Mwea Rice Irrigation Scheme in Kenya to assess the impact of r

Using Nylon Strips to Dispense Mosquito Attractants for Sampling the Malaria Vector Anopheles gambiae s.s.

Abstract: Synthetic versions of human derived kairomones can be used as baits when trapping host seeking mosquitoes. The

Phlebotomus (Larroussius) orientalis (Diptera: Psychodidae) as a probable secondary vector of visceral leishmaniasis in Kenya

Abstract: According to the World Health Organization’s reports, leishmaniases in humans are caused by 20 species of proto

Influence of Biological and Physicochemical Characteristics of Larval Habitats on the Body Size of Anopheles gambiae Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) along the Kenyan coast

Abstract: Background & objectives: The number and productivity of larval habitats ultimately determine the density of

Anopheles arabiensis oviposition site selection in response to habitat persistence and associated physicochemical parameters, bacteria and volatile profiles. (#64771)

Abstract: A better understanding of the oviposition behaviour of malaria vectors might facilitate development of new vect

Community based integrated vector management for malaria control: lessons from three years’ experience (2016–2018) in Botor-Tolay district, southwestern Ethiopia

Abstract: Background: Integrated vector management (IVM) remains a key strategy in the fight against vector-borne disease

A microsporidian impairs Plasmodium falciparum transmission in Anopheles arabiensis mosquitoes.

Abstract: A possible malaria control approach involves the dissemination in mosquitoes of inherited symbiotic microbes to

Integrated health interventions for improved livelihoods: A case study in Ethiopia.

Abstract: Smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) face multifaceted and co-existing risks, such as human and anim

Multi-compartment chemical characterization and risk assessment of chemicals of emerging concern in freshwater systems of western Kenya

Abstract: Background: Within the last decades, there has been increasing research on the occurrence of chemicals of emerg

How to turn collectors of edible insects into mini-livestock farmers: Multidimensional sustainability challenges to a thriving industry

Abstract: Edible insects reared under suitable climatic conditions are an efficient and ecological food source. However,

Larval habitat diversity and mosquito species distribution along the coast of Kenya [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]

Abstract: Background: Management of arboviruses relies heavily on vector control. Implementation and sustenance of effect

Review: Exploiting insect-specific viruses as a novel strategy to control vector-borne disease.

Abstract: Novel insect-specific viruses (ISVs) are being discovered in many important vectors due to advances in sequenci

Low awareness and misconceptions of immature mosquito stages hinders community participation in integrated vector management in Malindi, Kenya.

Abstract: Understanding community perceptions of the significance, feasibility and utility of managing mosquito larvae an

The Malaria Cell Atlas: Single parasite transcriptomes across the complete Plasmodium life cycle.

Abstract: Malaria parasites adopt a remarkable variety of morphological life stages as they transition through multiple m

Profitable entrepreneurship or marginal self‐employment? The bimodality of Latina self‐employment in the United States.

Abstract: We consider the economic development potential of recent dramatic growth in Latina business ownership. Regressi