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Master dissertation: Mbakam Bertrand’s study focused on “UDP-Glycosyltransferase Genes in the Primary Malaria Vector Anopheles funestus and Their Potential Contribution to Pyrethroid Resistance”

On Thursday, June 8th, 2023, Mr. Mbakam Leuze Patrick Bertrand, a Laboratory Technician at CRID, successfully defended his Master’s dissertation in Biochemistry at the University of Yaoundé I on the topic: “(Uridine-Diphosphate) UDP-Glycosyltransferase Genes in the Primary Malaria Vector, Anopheles funestus, and: Potential Contribution to Pyrethroid Resistance”. The aim of this study was to determine…

PUBLICATION: Anopheles funestus populations across Africa Are Broadly Susceptible to Neonicotinoids but with Signals of Possible Cross-Resistance from the GSTe2 Gene By Tatiane ASSATSE & al

Evaluating the susceptibility of malaria vectors to the new WHO-recommended products is a key step before large-scale deployment. In the present study, Tatiane ASSATSE and collaborators mapped the susceptibility profile of one of the major malaria vectors, Anopheles funestus, to neonicotinoids insecticides across Africa and they established the diagnostic doses of acetamiprid and imidacloprid (other neonicotinoids insecticides)…

Capacity Building: The Wellcome Trust_Gene drive Consortium held its first annual meeting

Hosted at the Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases (CRID) from May 14th to 18th, 2023, the meeting brought together participants from various institutions such as the Research Institute of Health Sciences (IRSS) of Burkina Faso, the Centre for Research in Infectious Disease (CRID), Cameroon, the Ifakara Health Institute (IHI), Tanzania, the National Malaria Control…