Background
Armel Tedjou joined CRID as a PhD student in 2017. His aim was to assess the entomological risk of emergence of outbreaks of arboviral diseases in Cameroon, as part of a Wellcome Trust project granted to Dr. Basile Kamgang at CRID. Before this, he had obtained a Master’s degree in Parasitology and Ecology from the University of Yaoundé I, where he evaluated the role of Anopheline Fauna in malaria transmission in a rubber cultivated area in Niete, South-Cameroon. Subsequently, he took on the role of Consultant at the Malaria Consortium-Cameroon Coalition Against Malaria (MC-CCAM) within the Malaria Prevention project, which was funded by Archive Global. This project focuses on evaluating the effects of renovated houses on malaria prevalence and entomological indices
Furthermore, Armel has been working as a Consultant at the Ministry of Health within the NMCP and the Arboviral National Unit Surveillance, and collaborating with other partners such as PMI, where he serves as one of the entomologists involved in routine entomological surveillance activities
Research:
- Areas of interest:
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Keywords: Malaria, Arboviruses, Anopheles, Aedes, Molecular biology, Biotechnology, Genetics, Bioinformatics. Top line topics: Development of point-Of-Care pathogens diagnostic tools. Distribution of Aedes vectors and interactions between vectors and virus, Monitoring the presence of the invasive malaria vector, Anopheles stephensi, in Central Africa |
- Research Areas:
Armel is working presently at CRID as a Postdoctoral research fellow working on different projects:
– In a Gates Foundation funded project, he aims to develop a point-of-care diagnostic platform to monitor drug and insecticide resistant markers on the field, with the purpose of providing to the NMCP, a rapid, reliable, field-deployable, and friendly-usable, a malaria surveillance system, not only in major cities, but also in remote settings. This project will be implemented with the collaboration of the Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the VectorCAM, and the Hyris Ltd. company
– Armel has been able to secure small grants as a Principal investigator since 2022:
– The PAMCA Seed Funds project ($3,000; 2022-2023) aimed evaluate the role of secondary vectors in malaria transmission in Cameroon),
– The Hamish Ogston Foundation (HOF) project ($5,000; 2023-2024), the RAFT Research Fund (RRF) project ($60,000; 2024-2025), and the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) project (Co-investigator, 2024-2028), aimed to monitor the presence of Anopheles stephensi in Central Africa. This vector has been qualified as a malaria threat, and he is associated with the exponential increase of malaria prevalence in countries where he has been reported.
- Within your department, are you a member of research areas/research groups:
Member of the Arbovirus research unit, Member of the Wondji Research Unit, Member of the Health and safety Committee
- Master students
NGUEFANG KETCHEJEU Estelle KELLY
- Other relevant expertise, professional memberships
– Entomological expert of the President Malaria Initiative (PMI) project
– Entomological expert of the National Unit of Surveillance of Arboviral Diseases
- PUBLICATIONS
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Etienne Fondjo, Jean Claude Toto, Magellan Tchouakui, Wolfgang Ekoko Eyisap, Salomon Patchoke, Benjamin Menze, Boris Njeambosay, Francis Zeukeug, Raymond Tabue Ngomdjum, Elysée Mandeng, Emmanuel Elanga Ndille, Edmond Kopya, Jerome Achille Binyang, Cyrille Ndo, Billy Tene Fossog, Armel Tedjou, Elysée Nchoutpouen, Frederic Tchouine, Dorothy Achu, Kelley Ambrose, Judith Hedje, Celestin Kouambeng, Jenny Carlson, Sarah Zohdy, and Joseph Chabi (2023). High vector diversity and malaria transmission dynamics in five sentinel sites in Cameroon. Malaria Journal 22 :123. https://rdcu.be/ebFLH Yougang, A. P., Keumeni, C. R., Wilson-Bahun, T. A., Tedjou, A. N., Njiokou, F., Wondji, C., & Kamgang, B. (2022). Spatial distribution and insecticide resistance profile of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in Douala, the most important city of Cameroon. Plos one, 17(12), 10.1371/journal.pone.0278779 Huguette Simo Tchetgna, Francine Sado Yousseu, Basile Kamgang, Armel Tedjou, Philip J. McCall, Charles S. Wondji. Concurrent circulation of dengue serotype 1, 2 and 3 among acute febrile patients in Cameroon (2021). PLoS Negl Trop Dis 15(10) https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009860 Tedjou AN, Kamgang B, Yougang AP, Njiokou F, Wondji CS (2019) Update on the geographical distribution and prevalence of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae), two major arbovirus vectors in Cameroon. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 13(3): e0007137. 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007137 Tedjou A.N.; Kamgang, B.; Yougang, A.P.; Wilson-Bahun, T.A.; Njiokou, F.; Wondji, C.S. Patterns of Ecological Adaptation of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus and Stegomyia Indices Highlight the Potential Risk of Arbovirus Transmission in Yaoundé, the Capital City of Cameroon. 10.3390/pathogens9060491 Nguela, R.L., Bigoga, J.D., Armel T.N. et al. The effect of improved housing on indoor mosquito density and exposure to malaria in the rural community of Minkoameyos, Centre Region of Cameroon. Malar J 19, 172 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-020-03232-6 10.1186/s12936-020-03232-6 Yougang, A.P., Kamgang, B., Bahun, T.A.W., Armel Tedjou et al. First detection of F1534C knockdown resistance mutation in Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) from Cameroon. Infect Dis Poverty 9, 152 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-020-00769-1 Yougang AP, Kamgang B, Tedjou AN, Wilson-Bahun TA, Njiokou F, Wondji CS (2020) Nationwide profiling of insecticide resistance in Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Cameroon. PLoS ONE 15(6): e0234572. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234572 Kamgang B, Vazeille M, Tedjou A, Yougang AP, Wilson-Bahun TA, Mousson L, et al. (2020) Different populations of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) from Central Africa are susceptible to Zika virus infection. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 14(3): e0008163. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008163 Kamgang B, Vazeille M, Tedjou AN, Wilson-Bahun TA, Yougang AP, Mousson L, et al. (2019) Risk of dengue in Central Africa: Vector competence studies with Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) populations and dengue 2 virus. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 13(12): e0007985. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007985 Kamgang B, Vazeille M, Yougang AP, Armel Tedjou et al. Potential of Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) to transmit yellow fever virus in urban areas in Central Africa. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2019;8(1):1636-1641. doi:10.1080/22221751.2019.1688097 Nole T, Nouboudem Armel T, Rene J, Fero M (2016) Importance of Research for Africa in Uninterrupted Mutation. Pharm Anal Acta 7: 528. doi:10.4172/2153-2435.1000528 Nole Tsabang, Lionel Wilfried Djeufack Tsambang, Armel Tedjou Nouboudem, Denis Sonwa, Alain Bertrand Dongmo, Gabriel Agbor Agbor et Bernard Aloys Nkongmeneck: Ethnopharmacological Surveys’ Methodologies for Medicinal Plants uses Discovery and Environmental Threatens on Recorded Plants from Indigenous Knowledge in Cameroon, Global Journal of Medical Research, USA 2015. |
