Wellcome Trust: Characterising insecticide resistance-associated fitness cost and their compensatory genetic modifiers in major African malaria vectors

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Malaria remains a devastating disease in the World (nearly 1/2 of the world population at risk) and particularly in Africa where more than 95% of cases are occurring. Prevention still primarily relies on vector control using insecticide-based interventions including impregnated nets which have significantly reduced malaria’s burden in Africa since their introduction. Given this heavy…

RAFT-Rapid Response Funding (RRF2): Mitigating the threat of the invasive malaria vector Anopheles stephensi in Cameroon through entomological and molecular surveillance

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This project is funded by the Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) under the RAFT consortium directed by Professors Sian Clark and Joe Lines, for £60,000. Launched in January 2024, the project is set to end in July 2025. The Resilience Against Future Threats through Vector Control (RAFT) -RRF2 project aims to: Conduct entomological surveillance and…

PUBLICATION: Off-grid field-deployable molecular diagnostic platform for malaria surveillance, by Madhavinadha P. Kona, Armel N. Tedjou & al.

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This study presents the development and validation of a portable, cost-effective, field-deployable real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR) platform for detecting Plasmodium species. This field-friendly molecular diagnostic tool is called the bCUBE qPCR system. It is an innovative device capable of detecting malaria parasites in both human blood and mosquitoes with high accuracy, even at very…