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Recommendations for building out mosquito-transmitted diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: the DELIVER mnemonic (2020)
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Lindsay, S. W., Davies, M., Alabaster, G., Altamirano, H., Jatta, E., Jawara, M., Carrasco-Tenezaca, M., von Seidlein, L., Shenton, F. C., Tusting, L. S., Wilson, A. L., & Knudsen, J. (2021). Recommendations for building out mosquito-transmitted diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: the DELIVER mnemonic. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 376(1818), Article 20190814. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0814

In sub-Saharan Africa, most transmission of mosquito-transmitted diseases, such as malaria or dengue, occurs within or around houses. Preventing mosquito house entry and reducing mosquito production around the home would help reduce the transmission... Read More about Recommendations for building out mosquito-transmitted diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: the DELIVER mnemonic.

A New Test of a Theory about Old Mosquitoes (2020)
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Smith, D. L., Musiime, A. K., Maxwell, K., Lindsay, S. W., & Kiware, S. (2021). A New Test of a Theory about Old Mosquitoes. Trends in Parasitology, 37(3), 185-194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2020.10.011

In vector control, it is widely accepted that killing adult mosquitoes would sharply reduce the proportion of old mosquitoes and cause the greatest changes to malaria transmission. The principle is based on a mathematical model of the sporozoite rate... Read More about A New Test of a Theory about Old Mosquitoes.

Mass Drug Administration With High-Dose Ivermectin and Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine for Malaria Elimination in an Area of Low Transmission With High Coverage of Malaria Control Interventions: Protocol for the MASSIV Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial (2020)
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Dabira, E. D., Soumare, H. M., Lindsay, S. W., Conteh, B., Ceesay, F., Bradley, J., Kositz, C., Broekhuizen, H., Kandeh, B., Fehr, A. E., Nieto-Sanchez, C., Ribera, J. M., Peeters Grietens, K., Smit, M. R., Drakeley, C., Bousema, T., Achan, J., & D’Alessandro, U. (2020). Mass Drug Administration With High-Dose Ivermectin and Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine for Malaria Elimination in an Area of Low Transmission With High Coverage of Malaria Control Interventions: Protocol for the MASSIV Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 9(11), Article e20904. https://doi.org/10.2196/20904

Background: With a decline in malaria burden, innovative interventions and tools are required to reduce malaria transmission further. Mass drug administration (MDA) of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) has been identified as a potential too... Read More about Mass Drug Administration With High-Dose Ivermectin and Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine for Malaria Elimination in an Area of Low Transmission With High Coverage of Malaria Control Interventions: Protocol for the MASSIV Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial.

Old age is associated with decreased wealth in rural villages in Mtwara, Tanzania: findings from a cross‐sectional survey (2020)
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Mshamu, S., Peerawaranun, P., Kahabuka, C., Deen, J., Tusting, L., Lindsay, S. W., Knudsen, J., Mukaka, M., & von Seidlein, L. (2020). Old age is associated with decreased wealth in rural villages in Mtwara, Tanzania: findings from a cross‐sectional survey. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 25(12), 1441-1449. https://doi.org/10.1111/tmi.13496

Objective: In many countries housing is used for wealth accumulation and provides financial security in old age. We tested the hypothesis that household wealth, measured by housing quality and ownership of durable assets, would increase with age of t... Read More about Old age is associated with decreased wealth in rural villages in Mtwara, Tanzania: findings from a cross‐sectional survey.

A cohort study to identify risk factors for Plasmodium falciparum infection in Burkinabe children: implications for other high burden high impact countries (2020)
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Yaro, J. B., Ouedraogo, A., Ouedraogo, Z. A., Diarra, A., Lankouande, M., Agboraw, E., Worrall, E., Toe, K. H., Sanou, A., Guelbeogo, W. M., Sagnon, N., Ranson, H., Tiono, A. B., Lindsay, S. W., & Wilson, A. L. (2020). A cohort study to identify risk factors for Plasmodium falciparum infection in Burkinabe children: implications for other high burden high impact countries. Malaria Journal, 19(1), Article 371. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-020-03443-x

Background: Progress in controlling malaria has stalled in recent years. Today the malaria burden is increasingly concentrated in a few countries, including Burkina Faso, where malaria is not declining. A cohort study was conducted to identify risk f... Read More about A cohort study to identify risk factors for Plasmodium falciparum infection in Burkinabe children: implications for other high burden high impact countries.

The COVID-19 pandemic should not derail global vector control efforts (2020)
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Seelig, F., Bezerra, H., Cameron, M., Hii, J., Hiscox, A., Irish, S., Jones, R. T., Lang, T., Lindsay, S. W., Lowe, R., Nyoni, T. M., Power, G. M., Quintero, J., Stewart-Ibarra, A. M., Tusting, L. S., Tytheridge, S., & Logan, J. G. (2020). The COVID-19 pandemic should not derail global vector control efforts. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 14(8), Article e0008606. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008606

A greener vision for vector control: The example of the Singapore dengue control programme (2020)
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Sim, S., Ng, L. C., Lindsay, S. W., & Wilson, A. L. (2020). A greener vision for vector control: The example of the Singapore dengue control programme. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 14(8), Article e0008428. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008428

Vector-borne diseases are a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Aedes-borne diseases, in particular, including dengue, chikungunya, yellow fever, and Zika, are increasing at an alarming rate due to urbanisation, population movement, wea... Read More about A greener vision for vector control: The example of the Singapore dengue control programme.

Vector bionomics and vectorial capacity as emergent properties of mosquito behaviors and ecology (2020)
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Wu, S. L., Sánchez C., H. M., Henry, J. M., Citron, D. T., Zhang, Q., Compton, K., Liang, B., Verma, A., Cummings, D. A., Le Menach, A., Scott, T. W., Wilson, A. L., Lindsay, S. W., Moyes, C. L., Hancock, P. A., Russell, T. L., Burkot, T. R., Marshall, J. M., Kiware, S., Reiner, R. C., & Smith, D. L. (2020). Vector bionomics and vectorial capacity as emergent properties of mosquito behaviors and ecology. PLoS Computational Biology, 16(4), Article e1007446. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007446

Mosquitoes are important vectors for pathogens that infect humans and other vertebrate animals. Some aspects of adult mosquito behavior and mosquito ecology play an important role in determining the capacity of vector populations to transmit pathogen... Read More about Vector bionomics and vectorial capacity as emergent properties of mosquito behaviors and ecology.

Modelling geospatial distributions of the triatomine vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi in Latin America (2020)
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Bender, A., Python, A., Lindsay, S. W., Golding, N., & Moyes, C. L. (2020). Modelling geospatial distributions of the triatomine vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi in Latin America. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 14(8), Article e0008411. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008411

Approximately 150 triatomine species are suspected to be infected with the Chagas parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi, but they differ in the risk they pose to human populations. The largest risk comes from species that have a domestic life cycle and these s... Read More about Modelling geospatial distributions of the triatomine vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi in Latin America.

Measuring ventilation in different typologies of rural Gambian houses: a pilot experimental study (2020)
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Knudsen, J. B., Pinder, M., Jatta, E., Jawara, M., Yousuf, M. A., Søndergaard, A. T., & Lindsay, S. W. (2020). Measuring ventilation in different typologies of rural Gambian houses: a pilot experimental study. Malaria Journal, 19(1), Article 273. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-020-03327-0

Background: African houses are frequently too hot and uncomfortable to use a bed net at night. Indoor thermal comfort is often evaluated by measuring temperature and humidity, ignoring ventilation. This study explored ways to measure ventilation in s... Read More about Measuring ventilation in different typologies of rural Gambian houses: a pilot experimental study.

Evidence of high bed net usage from a list randomization experiments in rural Gambia (2020)
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Brew, J., Pinder, M., D’Alessandro, U., Lindsay, S. W., Jones, C., & Sicuri, E. (2020). Evidence of high bed net usage from a list randomization experiments in rural Gambia. Malaria Journal, 19(1), Article 248. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-020-03322-5

Background: Recording behaviours that have the potential to impact health can be doubly challenging if the behaviour takes place in private spaces that cannot be observed directly, and where respondents answer what they think the recorder may want to... Read More about Evidence of high bed net usage from a list randomization experiments in rural Gambia.

Identification and characterization of immature Anopheles and culicines (Diptera: Culicidae) at three sites of varying malaria transmission intensities in Uganda (2020)
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Musiime, A. K., Smith, D. L., Kilama, M., Geoffrey, O., Kyagamba, P., Rek, J., Conrad, M. D., Nankabirwa, J. I., Arinaitwe, E., Akol, A. M., Kamya, M. R., Dorsey, G., Staedke, S. G., Drakeley, C., & Lindsay, S. W. (2020). Identification and characterization of immature Anopheles and culicines (Diptera: Culicidae) at three sites of varying malaria transmission intensities in Uganda. Malaria Journal, 19(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-020-03304-7

Background: Over the last two decades, there has been remarkable progress in malaria control in sub-Saharan Africa, due mainly to the massive deployment of long-lasting insecticidal nets and indoor residual spraying. Despite these gains, it is clear... Read More about Identification and characterization of immature Anopheles and culicines (Diptera: Culicidae) at three sites of varying malaria transmission intensities in Uganda.

Environmental temperature and growth faltering in African children: a cross-sectional study (2020)
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Tusting, L. S., Bradley, J., Bhatt, S., Gibson, H. S., Weiss, D. J., Shenton, F. C., & Lindsay, S. W. (2020). Environmental temperature and growth faltering in African children: a cross-sectional study. The Lancet Planetary Health, 4(3), e116-e123. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2542-5196%2820%2930037-1

Background: Child growth faltering persists in sub-Saharan Africa despite the scale-up of nutrition, water, and sanitation interventions over the past 2 decades. High temperatures have been hypothesised to contribute to child growth faltering via an... Read More about Environmental temperature and growth faltering in African children: a cross-sectional study.

Housing and child health in sub-Saharan Africa: A cross-sectional analysis (2020)
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Tusting, L. S., Gething, P. W., Gibson, H. S., Greenwood, B., Knudsen, J., Lindsay, S. W., & Bhatt, S. (2020). Housing and child health in sub-Saharan Africa: A cross-sectional analysis. PLoS Medicine, 17(3), Article e1003055. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003055

Background: Housing is essential to human well-being but neglected in global health. Today, housing in Africa is rapidly improving alongside economic development, creating an urgent need to understand how these changes can benefit health. We hypothes... Read More about Housing and child health in sub-Saharan Africa: A cross-sectional analysis.

Responses of the putative trachoma vector, Musca sorbens, to volatile semiochemicals from human faeces (2020)
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Robinson, A., Bristow, J., Holl, M. V., Makalo, P., Alemayehu, W., Bailey, R. L., Macleod, D., Birkett, M. A., Caulfield, J. C., Sarah, V., Pickett, J. A., Dewhirst, S., Chen-Hussey, V., Woodcock, C. M., D’Alessandro, U., Last, A., Burton, M. J., Lindsay, S. W., & Logan, J. G. (2020). Responses of the putative trachoma vector, Musca sorbens, to volatile semiochemicals from human faeces. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 14(3), Article e0007719. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007719

The putative vector of trachoma, Musca sorbens, prefers to lay its eggs on human faeces on the ground. This study sought to determine whether M. sorbens females were attracted to volatile odours from human faeces in preference to odours from the faec... Read More about Responses of the putative trachoma vector, Musca sorbens, to volatile semiochemicals from human faeces.

The importance of vector control for the control and elimination of vector-borne diseases (2020)
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Wilson, A. L., Courtenay, O., Kelly-Hope, L. A., Scott, T. W., Takken, W., Torr, S. J., & Lindsay, S. W. (2020). The importance of vector control for the control and elimination of vector-borne diseases. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 14(1), Article e0007831. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007831

Vector-borne diseases (VBDs) such as malaria, dengue, and leishmaniasis exert a huge burden of morbidity and mortality worldwide, particularly affecting the poorest of the poor. The principal method by which these diseases are controlled is through v... Read More about The importance of vector control for the control and elimination of vector-borne diseases.

Risks and Challenges of Arboviral Diseases in Sudan: The Urgent Need for Actions (2020)
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Ahmed, A., Dietrich, I., LaBeaud, A. D., Lindsay, S. W., Musa, A., & Weaver, S. C. (2020). Risks and Challenges of Arboviral Diseases in Sudan: The Urgent Need for Actions. Viruses, 12(1), Article 81. https://doi.org/10.3390/v12010081

The risk of emergence and/or re-emergence of arthropod-borne viral (arboviral) infections is rapidly growing worldwide, particularly in Africa. The burden of arboviral infections and diseases is not well scrutinized because of the inefficient surveil... Read More about Risks and Challenges of Arboviral Diseases in Sudan: The Urgent Need for Actions.