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| Heather M FergusonSummaryAffiliation: Wageningen University Country: The Netherlands Publications
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Effect of larval crowding on mating competitiveness of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoesKija R Ng'habi
Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre, Ifakara, Tanzania
Malar J 4:49. 2005..One means of compensating for this fitness deficit would be to identify environmental conditions that increase their mating competitiveness, and incorporate them into laboratory rearing regimes...- A reliable morphological method to assess the age of male Anopheles gambiaeBernadette J Huho
Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre, PO Box 53, Off Mlabani Passage, Ifakara, Tanzania
Malar J 5:62. 2006..Release of genetically-modified (GM) or sterile male mosquitoes for malaria control is hampered by inability to assess the age and mating history of free-living male Anopheles... - Mosquito appetite for blood is stimulated by Plasmodium chabaudi infections in themselves and their vertebrate hostsHeather M Ferguson
Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology Ashworth Laboratories, King s Buildings University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, U, K, EH9 3JP
Malar J 3:12. 2004..The consequences of super-infection to parasite development are rarely investigated, but may have substantial epidemiological and evolutionary consequences... - The presence of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes in human blood increases the gravidity of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoesHeather M Ferguson
Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
Am J Trop Med Hyg 73:312-20. 2005..This result was observed in two mosquito strains that differ in their innate fecundity, suggesting it may apply generally. To our knowledge, this is the first time that Plasmodium has been implicated as enhancing vector gravidity... - Impact of genetic complexity on longevity and gametocytogenesis of Plasmodium falciparum during the dry and transmission-free season of eastern SudanElkhansaa Nassir
Insititue of Cell Animal and Population Biology, Ashworth Laboratories, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Rd, Edinburgh, EH9 3JT, UK
Int J Parasitol 35:49-55. 2005..These findings are discussed in the context of the parasite biology and malaria epidemiology in the study area... - Why is the effect of malaria parasites on mosquito survival still unresolved?Heather M Ferguson
Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, UK
Trends Parasitol 18:256-61. 2002..However, mortality effects are more likely to be detected in unnatural vector-parasite combinations and in studies of longer duration. Until these factors are systematically investigated, no firm generalities are possible... - Establishment of a large semi-field system for experimental study of African malaria vector ecology and control in TanzaniaHeather M Ferguson
Division of Infection and Immunity, University of Glasgow, G128TA Glasgow, UK
Malar J 7:158. 2008..Although the value of SFS as a research tool for malaria vector biology is gaining recognition, only a few such facilities exist worldwide and are relatively small in size (< 100 m2)... - Preventing childhood malaria in Africa by protecting adults from mosquitoes with insecticide-treated netsGerry F Killeen
Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre, Ifakara, Morogoro, United Republic of Tanzania
PLoS Med 4:e229. 2007..We therefore estimated coverage thresholds for entire populations at which individual- and community-level protection are equivalent, representing rational targets for ITN coverage beyond vulnerable groups...