Gerry F. Killeen

Window screening, ceilings and closed eaves as sustainable ways to control malaria in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (2009)

Ogoma, Sheila B, Kannady, Khadija, Sikulu, Maggy, Chaki, Prosper P, Govella, Nicodem J, Mukabana, Wolfgang R, ...

Abstract Background Malaria transmission in Africa occurs predominantly inside houses where the primary vectors prefer to feed. Human preference and investment in blocking of specific entry points...

Comparative evaluation of the Ifakara tent trap-B, the standardized resting boxes and the human landing catch for sampling malaria vectors and other mosquitoes in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (2009)

Sikulu, Maggy, Govella, Nicodem J, Ogoma, Sheila B, Mpangile, John, Kambi, Said H, Kannady, Khadija, ...

Abstract Background Frequent, sensitive and accurate sampling of Anopheles mosquitoes is a prerequisite for effective management of malaria vector control programmes. The most reliable existing means...

A new tent trap for sampling exophagic and endophagic members of the Anopheles gambiaecomplex (2009)

Govella, Nicodemus J, Chaki, Prosper P, Geissbuhler, Yvonne, Kannady, Khadija, Okumu, Fredros, Charlwood, J Derek, ...

Abstract Background Mosquito sampling methods are essential for monitoring and evaluating malaria vector control interventions. In urban Dar es Salaam, human landing catch (HLC) is the only method...

Limitation of using synthetic human odours to test mosquito repellents (2009)

Okumu, Fredros O, Titus, Emmanuel, Mbeyela, Edgar, Killeen, Gerry F, Moore, Sarah J

Abstract Background Gold-standard tests of mosquito repellents involve exposing human volunteers to host-seeking mosquitoes, to assess the protective efficacy of the repellents. These techniques are...

Evaluation of two counterflow traps for testing behaviour-mediating compounds for the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae s.s.under semi-field conditions in Tanzania (2008)

Schmied, Wolfgang H, Takken, Willem, Killeen, Gerry F, Knols, Bart GJ, Smallegange, Renate C

Abstract Background Evaluation of mosquito responses towards different trap-bait combinations in field trials is a time-consuming process that can be shortened by experiments in contained semi-field...

Establishment of a large semi-field system for experimental study of African malaria vector ecology and control in Tanzania (2008)

Ferguson, Heather M, Ng'habi, Kija R, Walder, Thomas, Kadungula, Demetrius, Moore, Sarah J, Lyimo, Issa, ...

Abstract Background Medical entomologists increasingly recognize that the ability to make inferences between laboratory experiments of vector biology and epidemiological trends observed in the field...

Markets, voucher subsidies and free nets combine to achieve high bed net coverage in rural Tanzania (2008)

Khatib, Rashid A, Killeen, Gerry F, Abdulla, Salim MK, Kahigwa, Elizeus, McElroy, Peter D, Gerrets, Rene PM, ...

Abstract Background Tanzania has a well-developed network of commercial ITN retailers. In 2004, the government introduced a voucher subsidy for pregnant women and, in mid 2005, helped distribute free...

A tool box for operational mosquito larval control: preliminary results and early lessons from the Urban Malaria Control Programme in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (2008)

Fillinger, Ulrike, Kannady, Khadija, William, George, Vanek, Michael J, Dongus, Stefan, Nyika, Dickson, ...

Abstract Background As the population of Africa rapidly urbanizes, large populations could be protected from malaria by controlling aquatic stages of mosquitoes if cost-effective and scalable...

Interdependence of domestic malaria prevention measures and mosquito-human interactions in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (2007)

Geissbühler, Yvonne, Chaki, Prosper, Emidi, Basiliana, Govella, Nicodemus J, Shirima, Rudolf, Mayagaya, Valeliana, ...

Abstract Background Successful malaria vector control depends on understanding behavioural interactions between mosquitoes and humans, which are highly setting-specific and may have characteristic...

Participatory mapping of target areas to enable operational larval source management to suppress malaria vector mosquitoes in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (2007)

Dongus, Stefan, Nyika, Dickson, Kannady, Khadija, Mtasiwa, Deo, Mshinda, Hassan, Fillinger, Ulrike, ...

Abstract Background Half of the population of Africa will soon live in towns and cities where it can be protected from malaria by controlling aquatic stages of mosquitoes. Rigorous but affordable and...

Preventing Childhood Malaria in Africa by Protecting Adults from Mosquitoes with Insecticide-Treated Nets (2007)

Gerry F. Killeen, Tom A. Smith, Heather M. Ferguson, Hassan Mshinda, Salim Abdulla, Christian Lengeler, ...

BackgroundMalaria prevention in Africa merits particular attention as the world strives toward a better life for the poorest. Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) represent a practical means to prevent...

An exploratory study of community factors relevant for participatory malaria control on Rusinga Island, western Kenya (2007)

Opiyo, Pamela, Mukabana, W Richard, Kiche, Ibrahim, Mathenge, Evan, Killeen, Gerry F, Fillinger, Ulrike

Abstract Background Capacity strengthening of rural communities, and the various actors that support them, is needed to enable them to lead their own malaria control programmes. Here the existing...

Quantifying behavioural interactions between humans and mosquitoes: Evaluating the protective efficacy of insecticidal nets against malaria transmission in rural Tanzania (2006)

Killeen, Gerry F, Kihonda, Japhet, Lyimo, Edith, Oketch, Fred R, Kotas, Maya E, Mathenge, Evan, ...

Abstract Background African malaria vectors bite predominantly indoors at night so sleeping under an Insecticide-Treated Net (ITN) can greatly reduce malaria risk. Behavioural adaptation by...

A reliable morphological method to assess the age of male Anopheles gambiae (2006)

Huho, Bernadette J, Ng'habi, Kija R, Killeen, Gerry F, Nkwengulila, Gamba, Knols, Bart GJ, Ferguson, Heather M

Abstract Background Release of genetically-modified (GM) or sterile male mosquitoes for malaria control is hampered by inability to assess the age and mating history of free-living male Anopheles ....

Community-based surveillance of malaria vector larval habitats: a baseline study in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (2006)

Vanek, Michael J, Shoo, Bryson, Mtasiwa, Deo, Kiama, Michael, Lindsay, Steven W, Fillinger, Ulrike, ...

Abstract Background As the population of Africa rapidly urbanizes it may be possible to protect large populations from malaria by controlling aquatic stages of mosquitoes. Here we present a baseline...

Ecologists can enable communities to implement malaria vector control in Africa (2006)

Mukabana, W, Kannady, Khadija, Kiama, G Michael, Ijumba, Jasper N, Mathenge, Evan M, Kiche, Ibrahim, ...

Abstract Background Integrated vector management (IVM) for malaria control requires ecological skills that are very scarce and rarely applied in Africa today. Partnerships between communities and...

Effect of larval crowding on mating competitiveness of Anopheles gambiaemosquitoes (2005)

Ng'habi, Kija R, John, Bernadette, Nkwengulila, Gamba, Knols, Bart GJ, Killeen, Gerry F, Ferguson, Heather M

Abstract Background The success of sterile or transgenic Anopheles for malaria control depends on their mating competitiveness within wild populations. Current evidence suggests that transgenic...

Comparative performance of the Mbita trap, CDC light trap and the human landing catch in the sampling of Anopheles arabiensis, An. funestusand culicine species in a rice irrigation in western Kenya (2005)

Mathenge, Evan M, Misiani, Gedion O, Oulo, David O, Irungu, Lucy W, Ndegwa, Paul N, Smith, Tom A, ...

Abstract Background Mosquitoes sampling is an important component in malaria control. However, most of the methods used have several shortcomings and hence there is a need to develop and calibrate...

Habitat characterization and spatial distribution of Anopheles sp. mosquito larvae in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) during an extended dry period (2005)

Sattler, Michael A, Mtasiwa, Deo, Kiama, Michael, Premji, Zul, Tanner, Marcel, Killeen, Gerry F, ...

Abstract Introduction By 2030, more than 50% of the African population will live in urban areas. Controlling malaria reduces the disease burden and further improves economic development. As a...

Allomonal effect of breath contributes to differential attractiveness of humans to the African malaria vector Anopheles gambiae (2004)

Mukabana, Wolfgang R, Takken, Willem, Killeen, Gerry F, Knols, Bart GJ

Abstract Background Removal of exhaled air from total body emanations or artificially standardising carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) outputs has previously been shown to eliminate differential attractiveness...

MalariaSphere: A greenhouse-enclosed simulation of a natural Anopheles gambiae(Diptera: Culicidae) ecosystem in western Kenya (2002)

Knols, Bart GJ, Njiru, Basilio N, Mathenge, Evan M, Mukabana, Wolfgang R, Beier, John C, Killeen, Gerry F

Abstract Background The development and implementation of innovative vector control strategies for malaria control in Africa requires in-depth ecological studies in contained semi-field environments....

Advantages of larval control for African malaria vectors: Low mobility and behavioural responsiveness of immature mosquito stages allow high effective coverage (2002)

Killeen, Gerry F, Fillinger, Ulrike, Knols, Bart GJ

Abstract Background Based on sensitivity analysis of the MacDonald-Ross model, it has long been argued that the best way to reduce malaria transmission is to target adult female mosquitoes with...

Tagging Bloodmeals with Phagemids Allows Feeding of Multiple-Sample Arrays to Single Cages of Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) and the Recovery of Single Recombinant Antibody Fragment Genes from Individual Insects (2000)

Gerry F. Killeen, Brian D. Foy, Mohammed Shahabuddin, Wendy Roake, Andrew Williams, Tristan J. Vaughan, ...

A recombinant single-chain variable-region human antibody fragment (scFv) was expressed inEscherichia coli,extracted in hypertonic sucrose, mixed directly with blood and fed toAnopheles gambiaeGiles...

Preventing Childhood Malaria in Africa by Protecting Adults from Mosquitoes with Insecticide-Treated Nets

Killeen, Gerry F, Smith, Tom A, Ferguson, Heather M, Mshinda, Hassan, Abdulla, Salim, Lengeler, Christian, ...

Based on malaria transmission models, Gerry Killeen and colleagues suggest that, while coverage of pregnant women and children should still be prioritized, wide-scale communal use of...

Using adult mosquitoes to transfer insecticides to Aedes aegypti larval habitats

Devine, Gregor J., Perea, Elvira Zamora, Killeen, Gerry F., Stancil, Jeffrey D., Clark, Suzanne J., Morrison, Amy C.

Vector control is a key means of combating mosquito-borne diseases and the only tool available for tackling the transmission of dengue, a disease for which no vaccine, prophylaxis, or therapeutant...