Environmental mutations in the Campo focus challenge elimination of sleeping sickness transmission in Cameroon

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Abstract Sleeping sickness is still prevalent in Campo, southern Cameroon, despite the efforts of World Health Organization and the National Control Programme in screening and treating cases. Reducing disease incidence still further may need the control of tsetse vectors. We update entomological and parasitological parameters necessary to guide tsetse control in Campo. Tsetse flies were…

Temporal variation of high-level pyrethroid resistance in the major malaria vector Anopheles gambiae s.l. in Yaoundé, Cameroon, is mediated by target-site and metabolic resistance

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  Abstract Constant assessment of insecticide resistance levels is mandatory to implement adequate malaria control tools, but little information is available on the annual dynamics of resistance. We, therefore, monitored variations in resistance in Anopheles gambiae s.l. over four seasons during 2 years in two localities of Yaoundé: urban Etoa-Meki and peri-urban Nkolondom. Mosquitoes were collected…

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With funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, we have established the African Consortium in Modelling for Effective Vector Control (ACoMVeC) comprising of a number of research institutions. With objective to support malaria mathematical modelling capacity-building efforts across sub-Saharan Africa with a specific focus on vector control to help maximize its impact and reduce…