Browsing Faculty of Science & Technology (FST) by Author "Takken, Willem"

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    • Clinical malaria reduces human attractiveness to mosquitoes 

      Mukabana, Wolfgang R; Takken, Willem; Killeen, Gerry F; Knols, Bart GJ (University Of Nairobi, 2007)
      Evolutionary fitness concepts dictate that blood parasites should regulate their transmission success by enhancing the responsiveness of arthropod vectors to infectious hosts. We observed that the presence of trophozoite ...

    • Design of trials for interrupting the transmission of endemic pathogens 

      Silkey, Mariabeth; Homan, Tobias; Maire, Nicolas; Hiscox, Alexandra; Mukabana, Richard; Takken, Willem; Smith, Thomas A (University of Nairobi, 2016)
      Background Many interventions against infectious diseases have geographically diffuse effects. This leads to contamination between arms in cluster-randomized trials (CRTs). Pathogen elimination is the goal of many ...

    • Effects of fungal infection on feeding and survival of Anopheles gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae) on plant sugars 

      Ondiaka, Sopher N; Masinde, Elizabeth W; Koenraadt, Constantianus JM; Takken, Willem; Mukabana, Wolfgang R (University of Nairobi, 2015)
      Background The entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae shows great promise for the control of adult malaria vectors. A promising strategy for infection of mosquitoes is supplying the fungus at plant feeding ...

    • Field Evaluation of a Push-Pull System to Reduce Malaria Transmission 

      Takken, Willem; Loon, Joop J A van; Wolfgang, Richard M; Mweresa, Collins K; Derycke, Jean-Luc; Vandendaele, Patrice; Carreira, Ana S; Homan, Tobias; Holdinga, Maarten; Omusula, Philemon; Menger, David J (2015)
      Malaria continues to place a disease burden on millions of people throughout the tropics, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Although efforts to control mosquito populations and reduce human-vector contact, such as long-lasting ...

    • Human Skin Microbiota And Their Volatiles As Odour Baits For The Malaria Mosquito Anopheles Gambiae S.S 

      Verhulst, Niels O; Mukabana, Wolfgang R; Takken, Willem; Smallegange, Renate C (University of Nairobi, 2011-05)
      Host seeking by the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae Giles sensu stricto (Diptera: Culicidae) is mainly guided by volatile chemicals present in human odours. The skin microbiota plays an important role in the production ...

    • Mosquito host preferences affect their response to synthetic and natural odour blends 

      Busula, Annette O; Takken, Willem; Loy, Dorothy E; Hahn, Beatrice H; Mukabana, Wolfgang R; Verhulst, Niels O (University of Nairobi, 2014)
      Background The anthropophilic malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto (hereafter termed Anopheles gambiae) primarily takes blood meals from humans, whereas its close sibling Anopheles arabiensis is more ...

    • Plasmodium-associated changes in human odor attract mosquitoes 

      Robinsona, Ailie; Voets, Mirjam A.; Beshir, Khalid B.; Caulfield, John C.; Powers, Stephen J.; Verhulst, Niels O.; Winskill, Peter; Muwanguzia, Julian; Birkett, Michael A.; Smallegange, Renate C.; Masiga, Daniel K.; Mukabana, Richard; Sauerwein, Robert W.; Sutherland, Colin J.; Bousema, Teun; Pickett, John A.; Takken, Willem; Logan, James G; de Boer, Jetske G. (University of Nairobi, 2018)
      Malaria parasites (Plasmodium) can change the attractiveness of their vertebrate hosts to Anopheles vectors, leading to a greater number of vector–host contacts and increased transmission. Indeed, naturally Plasmodium-infected ...