Browsing Journal Articles 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 ... -
Effect Of Insecticide-treated Bed Nets On House-entry By Malaria Mosquitoes: The Flight Response Recorded In A Semi-field Study In Kenya
Mukabana, W. Richard; Takken, Willem; Spitzen, Jeroen; Teun, Koelewijn (University of Nairobi, 2017)Insecticide-treated nets are currently a major tool to reduce malaria transmission. Their level of repellency affects contact of the mosquito with the net, but may also influence the mosquito’s entry into the house. The ... -
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 ... -
Innovative tools and OpenHDS for health and demographic surveillance on Rusinga Island, Kenya
Homan, Tobias; Di Pasquale, Aurelio; Kiche, Ibrahim; Onoka, Kelvin; Hiscox, Alexandra; Mweresa, Collins; Mukabana, Wolfgang R; Takken, Willem; Maire, Nicolas (2015-09-01)Abstract Background Health in low and middle income countries is on one hand characterized by a high burden associated with preventable communicable diseases and on the other ... -
Molasses as a source of carbon dioxide for attracting the malaria mosquitoes Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles funestus
Mweresa, Collins K; Omusula, Philemon; Otieno, Bruno; van Loon, Joop JA; Takken, Willem; Mukabana, Wolfgang R (University of Nairobi, 2014)Background: Most odour baits for haematophagous arthropods contain carbon dioxide (CO2). The CO2 is sourced artificially from the fermentation of refined sugar (sucrose), dry ice, pressurized gas cylinders or propane. ... -
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 ... -
Sugar-fermenting yeast as an organic source of carbon dioxide to attract the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae
Smallegange, Renate C; Schmied, Wolfgang H; van Roey, Karel J; Verhulst, Niels O; Spitzen, Jeroen; Mukabana, Wolfgang R; Takken, Willem (2010-10-25)Abstract Background Carbon dioxide (CO2) plays an important role in the host-seeking process of opportunistic, zoophilic and anthropophilic mosquito species and is, therefore, commonly added to mosquito sampling ... -
Sugar-fermenting yeast as an organic source of carbon dioxide to attract the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae s.s.
Smallegange, Renate C; Schmied, Wolfgang H; van Roey, Karel J; Verhulst, Niels O; Spitzen, Jeroen; Mukabana, Wolfgang R; Takken, Willem (2010-10-20) -
Trapping of the malaria vector Anopheles gambiaewith odour-baited MM-X traps in semi-field conditions in western Kenya
Njiru, BN; Mukabana, WR; Takken, Willem; Knols, BGJ (2006-05-15)Abstract Background The successful development of odour-baited trapping systems for mosquitoes depends on the identification ...