Prof. Charles Wondji offering 200 protective face shields to Prof André Omgba Eballe, the Director of the Biyem-Assi district hospital A delegation of the Centre for research in infectious diseases has handed over protection tools to the Biyem –Assi District Hospital staff, in order to roll back Covid -19. On January 15, 2021, the Director…
Mosquitoes that transmit malaria are becoming increasingly resistant to insecticides used to kill them. However, we still do not know if in addition to the ability to withstand insecticide exposures, resistance mechanisms also influence the capacity of mosquitoes to allow malaria parasites to develop in them, preventing to fully assess the damages that such resistance…
About 90% of all malaria deaths in the world occur in sub Saharan Africa where resistance to antimalarial drugs and to most classes of insecticides are major obstacles for disease control. In the absence of an effective vaccine, novel control strategies are therefore needed. Among the novel approaches being investigated is the replacement of mosquitoes…