Background
| Aurelie holds her PhD in Animal Biology and Physiology with a focus on medical entomology from the University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon in 2022. Her thesis focused on assessing the resistance profile of Aedes aegypti and A. albopictus (arbovirus vectors) to insecticides and the potential resistance mechanisms involved. She started her Postdoc at CRID in 2022, working to investigate the molecular basis of insecticide resistance in Aedes mosquitoes in Cameroon. She is also involved in the entomological surveillance of arboviruses outbreak in Cameroon with the Ministry of Public Health. |
Research:
- Areas of interest:
| Medical entomology, Molecular biology, Parasitology, ecology |
Vector control, Arboviruses, Aedes, Insecticide resistance, transcriptomics, genomics, vector bionomics
- Research Areas:
Aedes-borne viral diseases such as dengue, chikungunya, yellow fever and Zika are increasingly reported in Cameroon. Given the lack of a specific treatment and the reduced efficacy of the vaccine for most of these diseases, vector control using insecticides remains the cornerstone to fighting this disease. However, insecticide resistance of vectors has emerged as a significant challenge to the efficacy of this control, making it crucial to understand the molecular drivers of this resistance.
- OTHER RELEVANT EXPERTISE, PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
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Aurelie serves as reviewer in some scientific journals including: The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology, Infection, Genetics and Evolution (MEEGID) and belongs to several scientific societies including:
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- PhD students
Aurelie is involved in the training of young scientist such as Mr KEUMENI Christophe, PhD student
- PUBLICATIONS
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Aurelie is author of around 12 research papers in various peer reviewed journals 1. Kamgang, B., Acântara, J., Tedjou, A., Keumeni, C., Yougang, A., Ancia, A., Bigirimana, F., Clarke, S. E., Gil, V. S., & Wondji, C. (2024). Entomological surveys and insecticide susceptibility profile of Aedes aegypti during the dengue outbreak in Sao Tome and Principe in 2022. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 18(6), e0011903. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011903 2. 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). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0278779 3. Montgomery, M., Harwood, J. F., Yougang, A. P., Wilson-Bahun, T. A., Tedjou, A. N., Keumeni, C. R., … Kamgang, B. (2022). Spatial distribution of insecticide resistant populations of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus and first detection of V410L mutation in Aedes aegypti from Cameroon. Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 11(1). doi:10.1186/s40249-022-01013-8 4. Yougang, A. P., Kamgang, B., Bahun, T. A., Tedjou, A. N., Nguiffo-Nguete, D., Njiokou, F., & Wondji, C. S. (2020). First detection of F1534C knockdown resistance mutation in Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) from Cameroon. Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 9(1). doi:10.1186/s40249-020-00769-1 5. Tedjou, A. N., Kamgang, B., Yougang, A. P., Wilson-Bahun, T. A., Njiokou, F., & Wondji, C. S. (2020). 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. Pathogens, 9(6), 491. doi:10.3390/pathogens9060491 6. Yougang, A. P., Kamgang, B., Tedjou, A. N., Wilson-Bahun, T. A., Njiokou, F., & Wondji, C. S. (2020). Nationwide profiling of insecticide resistance in Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Cameroon. PLOS ONE, 15(6). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0234572 7. Kamgang, B., Vazeille, M., Tedjou, A., Yougang, A.P., Wilson-Bahun, T.A., Mousson, L., Wondji, C.S., Failloux, A.-B., Different populations of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) from Central Africa are susceptible to Zika virus infection. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, (2020), 14, e0008163. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008163 8. Kamgang, B., Wilson-Bahun, T. A., Yougang, A. P., Lenga, A., & Wondji, C. S. (2020). Contrasting resistance patterns to type I and II pyrethroids in two major arbovirus vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in the Republic of the Congo, Central Africa. Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 9(1). doi:10.1186/s40249-020-0637-2 9. Kamgang, B., Vazeille, M., Tedjou, A.N., Wilson-Bahun, T.A., Yougang, A.P., Mousson, L., Wondji, C., Failloux, A.-B., Risk of dengue in Central Africa: Vector competence studies with Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) populations and dengue 2 virus. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, (2019), 13, e0007985. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007985 10. Kamgang, B., Vazeille, M., Yougang, A. P., Tedjou, A. N., Wilson-Bahun, T. A., Mousson, L., … & Failloux, A. B., Potential of Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) to transmit yellow fever virus in urban areas in Central Africa. Emerging microbes & infections, (2019), 8(1), 1636-1641. doi.org/10.1080/22221751.2019.1688097 11. Tedjou, A. N., Kamgang, B., Yougang, A. P., Njiokou, F., & Wondji, C. S, Update on the geographical distribution and prevalence of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae), two major arbovirus vectors in Cameroon. Plos Neglected Tropical Disease, (2019), 13(3), e0007137. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007137 12. Kamgang, B., Yougang, A. P., Tchoupo Micareme, Riveron Jacob M., and Wondji, C. S. Temporal distribution and insecticide resistance profile of two major arbovirus vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in Yaoundé, the capital city of Cameroon. Parasites and vectors, (2017), 10(1), 1-9. doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2408-x |
