Basil D Brooke

Summary

Affiliation: National Institute for Communicable Diseases
Country: South Africa

Publications

  1. ncbi The effect of a single blood meal on the phenotypic expression of insecticide resistance in the major malaria vector Anopheles funestus
    Belinda L Spillings
    Vector Control Reference Unit, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, NHLS, Private Bag X4, Sandringham, 2131, South Africa
    Malar J 7:226. 2008
  2. ncbi Major effect genes or loose confederations? The development of insecticide resistance in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae
    Basil D Brooke
    Malaria Entomology Research Unit, School of Pathology of the University of the Witwatersrand and the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa
    Parasit Vectors 3:74. 2010
  3. ncbi Dieldrin resistance in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae in Ghana
    B D Brooke
    Vector Control Reference Unit, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Sandringham, South Africa
    Med Vet Entomol 20:294-9. 2006
  4. ncbi kdr: can a single mutation produce an entire insecticide resistance phenotype?
    Basil D Brooke
    Vector Control Reference Unit, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, NHLS, Sandringham, South Africa
    Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 102:524-5. 2008
  5. ncbi Cuticle thickening associated with pyrethroid resistance in the major malaria vector Anopheles funestus
    Or Wood
    Malaria Entomology Research Unit, School of Pathology of the University of the Witwatersrand and the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa
    Parasit Vectors 3:67. 2010
  6. ncbi Multiple insecticide resistance in Anopheles gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae) from Pointe Noire, Republic of the Congo
    Lizette L Koekemoer
    Malaria Entomology Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Pathology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
    Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 11:1193-200. 2011
  7. ncbi A new species concealed by Anopheles funestus Giles, a major malaria vector in Africa
    Belinda L Spillings
    Vector Control Reference Unit, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 81:510-5. 2009
  8. ncbi Indoor collections of the Anopheles funestus group (Diptera: Culicidae) in sprayed houses in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
    Joel C Mouatcho
    Vector Control Reference Unit, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, NHLS, Private Bag X4, Sandringham, Johannesburg 2131, South Africa
    Malar J 6:30. 2007
  9. ncbi Characterisation of DDT, pyrethroid and carbamate resistance in Anopheles funestus from Obuasi, Ghana
    Patricia N Okoye
    Vector Control Reference Unit, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service NHLS, Sandringham, South Africa
    Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 102:591-8. 2008
  10. ncbi The infectivity of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana to insecticide-resistant and susceptible Anopheles arabiensis mosquitoes at two different temperatures
    Christophe K Kikankie
    School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
    Malar J 9:71. 2010

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Publications15

  1. ncbi The effect of a single blood meal on the phenotypic expression of insecticide resistance in the major malaria vector Anopheles funestus
    Belinda L Spillings
    Vector Control Reference Unit, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, NHLS, Private Bag X4, Sandringham, 2131, South Africa
    Malar J 7:226. 2008
    ....
  2. ncbi Major effect genes or loose confederations? The development of insecticide resistance in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae
    Basil D Brooke
    Malaria Entomology Research Unit, School of Pathology of the University of the Witwatersrand and the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa
    Parasit Vectors 3:74. 2010
    ..As malaria vector control becomes increasingly reliant on successfully managing insecticide resistance, the characterisation of resistance mechanisms and their pleiotropic effects becomes increasingly important...
  3. ncbi Dieldrin resistance in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae in Ghana
    B D Brooke
    Vector Control Reference Unit, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Sandringham, South Africa
    Med Vet Entomol 20:294-9. 2006
    ....
  4. ncbi kdr: can a single mutation produce an entire insecticide resistance phenotype?
    Basil D Brooke
    Vector Control Reference Unit, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, NHLS, Sandringham, South Africa
    Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 102:524-5. 2008
    ....
  5. ncbi Cuticle thickening associated with pyrethroid resistance in the major malaria vector Anopheles funestus
    Or Wood
    Malaria Entomology Research Unit, School of Pathology of the University of the Witwatersrand and the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa
    Parasit Vectors 3:67. 2010
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  6. ncbi Multiple insecticide resistance in Anopheles gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae) from Pointe Noire, Republic of the Congo
    Lizette L Koekemoer
    Malaria Entomology Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Pathology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
    Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 11:1193-200. 2011
    ..The role of various insecticide resistance mechanisms revealed a complex association between metabolic detoxification and reduced target-site sensitivity...
  7. ncbi A new species concealed by Anopheles funestus Giles, a major malaria vector in Africa
    Belinda L Spillings
    Vector Control Reference Unit, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 81:510-5. 2009
    ..These molecular and cytogenetic observations support the conclusion that this Malawi population is a new species and it has provisionally been named An. funestus-like...
  8. ncbi Indoor collections of the Anopheles funestus group (Diptera: Culicidae) in sprayed houses in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
    Joel C Mouatcho
    Vector Control Reference Unit, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, NHLS, Private Bag X4, Sandringham, Johannesburg 2131, South Africa
    Malar J 6:30. 2007
    ..Subsequent monitoring and surveillance of mosquito populations were conducted as part of the malaria vector control programme...
  9. ncbi Characterisation of DDT, pyrethroid and carbamate resistance in Anopheles funestus from Obuasi, Ghana
    Patricia N Okoye
    Vector Control Reference Unit, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service NHLS, Sandringham, South Africa
    Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 102:591-8. 2008
    ..Furthermore, an altered acetylcholinesterase conferring carbamate resistance was evident. These results can be used to plan an effective malaria control strategy in the Obuasi region...
  10. ncbi The infectivity of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana to insecticide-resistant and susceptible Anopheles arabiensis mosquitoes at two different temperatures
    Christophe K Kikankie
    School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
    Malar J 9:71. 2010
    ....
  11. ncbi Evaluating the potential of the sterile insect technique for malaria control: relative fitness and mating compatibility between laboratory colonized and a wild population of Anopheles arabiensis from the Kruger National Park, South Africa
    Givemore Munhenga
    Vector Control Reference Unit, National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service, Private Bag X4, Sandringham, Johannesburg 2131, South Africa
    Parasit Vectors 4:208. 2011
    ..This study investigated the fitness and sexual cross-compatibility between samples of field collected and laboratory reared An. arabiensis under laboratory conditions...
  12. ncbi Staggered larval time-to-hatch and insecticide resistance in the major malaria vector Anopheles gambiae S form
    Maria L Kaiser
    Malaria Entomology Research Unit, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
    Malar J 9:360. 2010
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  13. ncbi Isolation and sequence analysis of P450 genes from a pyrethroid resistant colony of the major malaria vector Anopheles funestus
    Dolphine A Amenya
    Vector Control Reference Unit, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Private bag X 4, Sandringham 2131, South Africa
    DNA Seq 16:437-45. 2005
    ..Intron positions, but not size, were highly conserved between the two species. The high level of orthology that exists in the P450 gene families of these two species may facilitate the prediction of individual P450 protein function...
  14. ncbi Pyrethroid resistance in the major malaria vector Anopheles arabiensis from Gwave, a malaria-endemic area in Zimbabwe
    Givemore Munhenga
    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe
    Malar J 7:247. 2008
    ..Following the recent detection of DDT resistance in Anopheles arabiensis in Gokwe, Zimbabwe, the underlying resistance mechanisms in this population were studied...
  15. ncbi The sympatric occurrence of two molecular forms of the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae Giles sensu stricto in Kanyemba, in the Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe
    Hieronymo T Masendu
    Blair Research Laboratory, Ministry of Health and Child Welfare, Harare, Zimbabwe
    Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 98:393-6. 2004
    ..gambiae s.s. material revealed the sympatric presence of the two molecular forms S and M within a sample of eight. This is the first record of the co-existence of these two molecular forms in southern Africa...