Effect of Microsporidia MB infection on the development and fitness of Anopheles arabiensis under different diet regimes.

Authors: Boanyah, Godfred Yaw^1,2 (AUTHOR), Koekemoer, Lizette L.^2,3 (AUTHOR), Herren, Jeremy K.^1,2 (AUTHOR) jherren@icipe.org, Bukhari, Tullu¹ (AUTHOR) tbukhari@icipe.org

Source: Parasites & Vectors. 7/9/2024, Vol. 17 Issue 1, p1-12. 12p.

Subject Terms: *ANOPHELES arabiensis, *MICROSPORIDIOSIS, *MOSQUITO control, *INSECT societies, *PLASMODIUM, *DIET, *LIFE history theory

The insecticidal activity of essential oil constituents against pyrethroid-resistant Anopheles funestus (Diptera: Culicidae)

Authors: Rants'o, Thankhoe A., Koekemoer, Lizette L., van Zyl, Robyn L.

Source: In Parasitology International August 2023 95

Bioactivity of select essential oil constituents against life stages of Anopheles arabiensis (Diptera: Culicidae)

Authors: Rants'o, Thankhoe A., Koekemoer, Lizette L., van Zyl, Robyn L.

Source: In Experimental Parasitology August 2023 251

In vitro and in silico analysis of the Anopheles anticholinesterase activity of terpenoids

Authors: Rants'o, Thankhoe A., Koekemoer, Lizette L., van Zyl, Robyn L.

Source: In Parasitology International April 2023 93

Optimisation of laboratory-rearing parameters for Anopheles funestus larvae and adults

Authors: Niain'ny Felamboahangy, Lalasoa, Kaiser, Maria L., Zengenene, Munyaradzi Prince, Okumu, Fredros, Munhenga, Givemore, Koekemoer, Lizette L.

Source: In Acta Tropica February 2023 238

A review of historical trends in Anopheles gambiaeGiles (Diptera: Culicidae) complex composition, collection trends and environmental effects from 2009 to 2021 in Mpumalanga province, South Africa.

Authors: Noeth, Kayla P., Kaiser, Maria L., Mashatola, Thabo, Dahan‐Moss, Yael L., Matamba, P. Avhatakali, Spillings, Belinda, Christian, Riann, Erlank, Erika, Tshikae, B. Power, Jamesboy, Eunice, Sibambo, Silindile, Nkosi, Busisiwe G., Silawu, Brian T., Mkhabela, Lazarus J., Ndlovu, Fanuel S., Mgwenya, Thembekile P., Coetzee, Maureen, Brooke, Basil D., Koekemoer, Lizette L., Munhenga, Givemore

Source: Medical & Veterinary Entomology; Mar2025, Vol. 39 Issue 1, p103-114, 12p

Subject Terms: ANOPHELES gambiae, INFECTIOUS disease transmission, ANOPHELES, SCIENTIFIC observation, WEATHER, MALARIA prevention, ENTOMOLOGY

Geographic Terms: MPUMALANGA (South Africa), SOUTH Africa

Radiation with reticulation marks the origin of a major malaria vector

Authors: Small, Scott T., Labbé, Frédéric, Lobo, Neil F., Koekemoer, Lizette L., Sikaala, Chadwick H., Neafsey, Daniel E., Hahn, Matthew W., Fontaine, Michael C., Besansky, Nora J.

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2020 Dec . 117(50), 31583-31590.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/27005711

Only incandescent light significantly decreases feeding of Anopheles funestus s.s. (Diptera: Culicidae) mosquitoes under laboratory conditions.

Authors: van Zyl, Layla, Burke, Ashley M., Koekemoer, Lizette L., Coetzee, Bernard W. T.

Source: Parasitology Research; Oct2024, Vol. 123 Issue 10, p1-8, 8p

Effectiveness of reactive focal mass drug administration and reactive focal vector control to reduce malaria transmission in the low malaria-endemic setting of Namibia: a cluster-randomised controlled, open-label, two-by-two factorial design trial

Authors: Hsiang, Michelle S ^{*, *}, Ntuku, Henry ^*, Roberts, Kathryn W, Dufour, Mi-Suk Kang, Whittemore, Brooke, Tambo, Munyaradzi, McCreesh, Patrick, Medzihradsky, Oliver F, Prach, Lisa M, Siloka, Griffith, Siame, Noel, Gueye, Cara Smith, Schrubbe, Leah, Wu, Lindsey, Scott, Valerie, Tessema, Sofonias, Greenhouse, Bryan, Erlank, Erica, Koekemoer, Lizette L, Sturrock, Hugh J W, Mwilima, Agnes, Katokele, Stark, Uusiku, Petrina, Bennett, Adam, Smith, Jennifer L, Kleinschmidt, Immo ^†, Mumbengegwi, Davis ^†, Gosling, Roly ^†

Source: In The Lancet 25 April-1 May 2020 395(10233):1361-1373

Cross-resistance profiles of malaria mosquito P450s associated with pyrethroid resistance against WHO insecticides

Authors: Yunta, Cristina, Hemmings, Kay, Stevenson, Bradley, Koekemoer, Lizette L., Matambo, Tonderi, Pignatelli, Patricia, Voice, Michael, Nász, Szilárd, Paine, Mark J.I.

Source: In Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology November 2019 161:61-67

The Tuberculosis Drug Candidate SQ109 and Its Analogs Have Multistage Activity against Plasmodium falciparum.

Authors: Watson, Savannah J., van der Watt, Mariëtte E., Theron, Anjo, Reader, Janette, Tshabalala, Sizwe, Erlank, Erica, Koekemoer, Lizette L., Naude, Mariska, Stampolaki, Marianna, Adewole, Feyisola, Sadowska, Katie, Pérez-Lozano, Pilar, Turcu, Andreea L., Vázquez, Santiago, Ko, Jihee, Mazurek, Ben, Singh, Davinder, Malwal, Satish R., Njoroge, Mathew, Chibale, Kelly

Source: ACS Infectious Diseases; 9/13/2024, Vol. 10 Issue 9, p3358-3367, 10p

Consensus study on factors influencing the academic entrepreneur in a middle-income country's university enterprise.

Authors: Farrell, Alfred Austin, Ashton, James, Mapanga, Witness, Joffe, Maureen, Chitha, Nombulelo, Beksinska, Mags, Chitha, Wezile, Coovadia, Ashraf, Cutland, Clare L., Drennan, Robin L., Kahn, Kathleen, Koekemoer, Lizette L., Micklesfield, Lisa K., Miot, Jacqui, Naidoo, Julian, Papathanasopoulos, Maria, Sive, Warrick, Smit, Jenni, Tollman, Stephen M., Veller, Martin G.

Source: Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies; 2024, Vol. 16 Issue 5, p1409-1430, 22p

Potential of Essential Oil-Based Anticholinesterase Insecticides against Anopheles Vectors: A Review.

Authors: Rants'o, Thankhoe A.^1,2 (AUTHOR) thankhoe.rantso@wits.ac.za, Koekemoer, Lizette L.^2,3,4 (AUTHOR), Panayides, Jenny-Lee⁵ (AUTHOR), van Zyl, Robyn L.^1,2 (AUTHOR)

Source: Molecules. Oct2022, Vol. 27 Issue 20, p7026-N.PAG. 22p.

Subject Terms: *CHOLINESTERASE-inhibiting insecticides, *INSECTICIDE resistance, *ANOPHELES, *ESSENTIAL oils, *INSECTICIDE-treated mosquito nets, *ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE, *SCIENCE databases, *CHOLINERGIC mechanisms

Intensity of insecticide resistance in the major malaria vector Anopheles funestus from Chikwawa, rural Southern Malawi.

Authors: Kumala, Justin^1,2,3 (AUTHOR), Koekemoer, Lizette L.^2,3 (AUTHOR), Coetzee, Maureen^2,3 (AUTHOR), Mzilahowa, Themba¹ (AUTHOR) tmzilahowa@mac.kuhes.ac.mw

Source: Parasites & Vectors. 6/21/2022, Vol. 15 Issue 1, p1-10. 10p.

Subject Terms: *INSECTICIDE resistance, *INSECTICIDE-treated mosquito nets, *ANOPHELES, *MALARIA, *DELTAMETHRIN, *MALARIA prevention

Geographic Terms: SUB-Saharan Africa, MALAWI

Genetic markers associated with the widespread insecticide resistance in malaria vector Anopheles funestus populations across Tanzania.

Authors: Odero, Joel O., Nambunga, Ismail H., Masalu, John P., Mkandawile, Gustav, Bwanary, Hamis, Hape, Emmanuel E., Njalambaha, Rukiyah M., Tungu, Patrick, Ngowo, Halfan S., Kaindoa, Emmanuel W., Mapua, Salum A., Kahamba, Najat F., Nelli, Luca, Wondji, Charles, Koekemoer, Lizette L., Weetman, David, Ferguson, Heather M., Baldini, Francesco, Okumu, Fredros O.

Source: Parasites & Vectors; 5/17/2024, Vol. 17 Issue 1, p1-14, 14p

Subject Terms: GENETIC markers, ANOPHELES, ANOPHELES gambiae, ANOPHELES arabiensis, MALARIA

Geographic Terms: TANZANIA

Making genome editing a success story in Africa.

Authors: Abkallo, Hussein M., Arbuthnot, Patrick, Auer, Thomas O., Berger, Dave K., Burger, Johan, Chakauya, Ereck, Concordet, Jean-Paul, Diabate, Abdoulaye, Di Donato, Vincenzo, Groenewald, Jan-Hendrik, Guindo, Amadou, Koekemoer, Lizette L., Nazare, Florence, Nolan, Tony, Okumu, Fredros, Orefuwa, Emma, Paemka, Lily, Prieto-Godino, Lucia, Runo, Steven, Sadler, Marie

Source: Nature Biotechnology; Apr2024, Vol. 42 Issue 4, p551-554, 4p

20-Hydroxyecdysone (20E) signaling as a promising target for the chemical control of malaria vectors

Authors: Ekoka, Elodie, Maharaj, Surina, Nardini, Luisa, Dahan-Moss, Yael, Koekemoer, Lizette L.

Source: Parasites & vectors. 14(1)

Availability: http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?tabs=detailsTab&gathStatTab=true&ct=display&fn=search&doc=ETOCvdc_100193322288.0x000001&indx=1&recIds=ETOCvdc_100193322288.0x000001

Multistage and transmission-blocking targeted antimalarials discovered from the open-source MMV Pandemic Response Box

Authors: Reader, Janette, van der Watt, Mariëtte E., Taylor, Dale, Le Manach, Claire, Mittal, Nimisha, Ottilie, Sabine, Theron, Anjo, Moyo, Phanankosi, Erlank, Erica, Nardini, Luisa, Venter, Nelius, Lauterbach, Sonja, Bezuidenhout, Belinda, Horatscheck, Andre, van Heerden, Ashleigh, Spillman, Natalie J., Cowell, Anne N., Connacher, Jessica, Opperman, Daniel, Orchard, Lindsey M., Llinás, Manuel, Istvan, Eva S., Goldberg, Daniel E., Boyle, Grant A., Calvo, David, Mancama, Dalu, Coetzer, Theresa L., Winzeler, Elizabeth A., Duffy, James, Koekemoer, Lizette L., Basarab, Gregory, Chibale, Kelly, Birkholtz, Lyn-Marié

Source: Nature communications. 12(1)

Availability: http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?tabs=detailsTab&gathStatTab=true&ct=display&fn=search&doc=ETOCvdc_100191375137.0x000001&indx=1&recIds=ETOCvdc_100191375137.0x000001

Review: Improving our knowledge of male mosquito biology in relation to genetic control programmes

Authors: Lees, Rosemary Susan, Knols, Bart, Bellini, Romeo, Benedict, Mark Q., Bheecarry, Ambicadutt, Bossin, Hervé Christophe, Chadee, Dave D., Charlwood, Jacques, Dabiré, Roch K., Djogbenou, Luc, Egyir-Yawson, Alexander, Gato, René, Gouagna, Louis Clément, Hassan, Mo’awia Mukhtar, Khan, Shakil Ahmed, Koekemoer, Lizette L., Lemperiere, Guy, Manoukis, Nicholas C., Mozuraitis, Raimondas, Pitts, R. Jason, Simard, Frederic, Gilles, Jeremie R.L.

Source: In Acta Tropica April 2014 132 Supplement:S2-S11

Scaling artificial light at night and disease vector interactions into socio-ecological systems: a conceptual appraisal.

Authors: Coetzee, Bernard W. T., Burke, Ashley M., Koekemoer, Lizette L., Robertson, Mark P., Smit, Izak P. J.

Source: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences; 12/18/2023, Vol. 378 Issue 1892, p1-8, 8p

Subject Terms: DISEASE vectors, DEVELOPING countries, LIGHT pollution, ECOSYSTEMS, VECTOR-borne diseases, MOSQUITO control, INSECTICIDE resistance