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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
Knols, Bart GJ, Njiru, Basilio N, Mathenge, Evan M, Mukabana, Wolfgang R, Beier, John C, Killeen, Gerry F
Sattler, Michael A, Mtasiwa, Deo, Kiama, Michael, Premji, Zul, Tanner, Marcel, Killeen, Gerry F, ...
Mathenge, Evan M, Misiani, Gedion O, Oulo, David O, Irungu, Lucy W, Ndegwa, Paul N, Smith, Tom A, ...
Effect of larval crowding on mating competitiveness of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes
Ng'habi, Kija R, John, Bernadette, Nkwengulila, Gamba, Knols, Bart GJ, Killeen, Gerry F, Ferguson, Heather M
Ecologists can enable communities to implement malaria vector control in Africa
Mukabana, W Richard, Kannady, Khadija, Kiama, G Michael, Ijumba, Jasper N, Mathenge, Evan M, Kiche, Ibrahim, ...
Vanek, Michael J, Shoo, Bryson, Mtasiwa, Deo, Kiama, Michael, Lindsay, Steven W, Fillinger, Ulrike, ...
A reliable morphological method to assess the age of male Anopheles gambiae
Huho, Bernadette J, Ng'habi, Kija R, Killeen, Gerry F, Nkwengulila, Gamba, Knols, Bart GJ, Ferguson, Heather M
Knols, Bart GJ, Njiru, Basilio N, Mathenge, Evan M, Mukabana, Wolfgang R, Beier, John C, Killeen, Gerry F
Sattler, Michael A, Mtasiwa, Deo, Kiama, Michael, Premji, Zul, Tanner, Marcel, Killeen, Gerry F, ...
Mathenge, Evan M, Misiani, Gedion O, Oulo, David O, Irungu, Lucy W, Ndegwa, Paul N, Smith, Tom A, ...
Effect of larval crowding on mating competitiveness of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes
Ng'habi, Kija R, John, Bernadette, Nkwengulila, Gamba, Knols, Bart GJ, Killeen, Gerry F, Ferguson, Heather M
Ecologists can enable communities to implement malaria vector control in Africa
Mukabana, W Richard, Kannady, Khadija, Kiama, G Michael, Ijumba, Jasper N, Mathenge, Evan M, Kiche, Ibrahim, ...
Vanek, Michael J, Shoo, Bryson, Mtasiwa, Deo, Kiama, Michael, Lindsay, Steven W, Fillinger, Ulrike, ...
A reliable morphological method to assess the age of male Anopheles gambiae
Huho, Bernadette J, Ng'habi, Kija R, Killeen, Gerry F, Nkwengulila, Gamba, Knols, Bart GJ, Ferguson, Heather M
Opiyo, Pamela, Mukabana, W Richard, Kiche, Ibrahim, Mathenge, Evan, Killeen, Gerry F, Fillinger, Ulrike
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...
Dongus, Stefan, Nyika, Dickson, Kannady, Khadija, Mtasiwa, Deo, Mshinda, Hassan, Fillinger, Ulrike, ...
Geissbühler, Yvonne, Chaki, Prosper, Emidi, Basiliana, Govella, Nicodemus J, Shirima, Rudolf, Mayagaya, Valeliana, ...
Fillinger, Ulrike, Kannady, Khadija, William, George, Vanek, Michael J, Dongus, Stefan, Nyika, Dickson, ...
Markets, voucher subsidies and free nets combine to achieve high bed net coverage in rural Tanzania
Khatib, Rashid A, Killeen, Gerry F, Abdulla, Salim MK, Kahigwa, Elizeus, McElroy, Peter D, Gerrets, Rene PM, ...
Ferguson, Heather M, Ng'habi, Kija R, Walder, Thomas, Kadungula, Demetrius, Moore, Sarah J, Lyimo, Issa, ...
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...
Limitation of using synthetic human odours to test mosquito repellents
Okumu, Fredros O, Titus, Emmanuel, Mbeyela, Edgar, Killeen, Gerry F, Moore, Sarah J
A new tent trap for sampling exophagic and endophagic members of the Anopheles gambiae complex
Govella, Nicodemus J, Chaki, Prosper P, Geissbuhler, Yvonne, Kannady, Khadija, Okumu, Fredros, Charlwood, J Derek, ...