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Open National ITB No. CRID/CMR/AVECGEN/ITB/26/0001 Supply of Desktop Computers and Laptops The Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases (CRID), Yaoundé, invites bids for the supply and delivery of desktop computers and laptops to CRID premises, in line with the tender technical specifications. Eligibility: Open to Cameroonian companies legally registered in Cameroon (valid Commercial Register and…

Publication: Breakthrough Discovery of DNA Marker for Insecticide Resistance in major Malaria Mosquitoes

Scientists from the Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases (CRID), in collaboration with the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), have achieved a major milestone in the fight against malaria. For the first time, researchers have identified a DNA marker linked to metabolic pyrethroid resistance in west and Central African population of Anopheles gambiae, one…

Publication: Microbiota diversity of Anopheles gambiae in Bankeng, southern Cameroon, and its association with Plasmodium falciparum infection

As mosquitoes become resistant to insecticides and the malaria parasite develops resistance to drugs, malaria remains difficult to control. With no fully effective vaccine, innovative and environmentally friendly strategies are urgently needed. One promising approach is to study the natural bacteria (microbiota) living inside mosquitoes and their potential role in malaria transmission. In this study,…