Despite the global efforts made in the fight against malaria, the disease is resurging. One of
the main causes is the resistance that Anopheles mosquitoes, vectors of the disease, have …

Background Epidemiological surveys of malaria currently rely on microscopy, polymerase
chain reaction assays (PCR) or rapid diagnostic test kits for Plasmodium infections (RDTs). …

Background The propensity of different Anopheles mosquitoes to bite humans instead of
other vertebrates influences their capacity to transmit pathogens to humans. Unfortunately, …

Background Controlled blood-feeding is essential for maintaining laboratory colonies of
disease-transmitting mosquitoes and investigating pathogen transmission. We evaluated a low-…

The malaria parasite, which is transmitted by several Anopheles mosquito species, requires
more time to reach its human-transmissible stage than the average lifespan of mosquito …

Background Old mosquitoes are more likely to transmit malaria than young ones. Therefore,
accurate prediction of mosquito population age can drastically improve the evaluation of …

BG-Malaria (BGM) trap is a simple adaptation of the widely-used BG-Sentinel trap (BGS). It is
proven to be highly effective for trapping the Brazilian malaria vector, Anopheles darlingi, in …

Background The degree to which Anopheles mosquitoes prefer biting humans over other
vertebrate hosts, ie the human blood index (HBI), is a crucial parameter for assessing malaria …

Background Accurately determining the age and survival probabilities of adult mosquitoes
is crucial for understanding parasite transmission, evaluating the effectiveness of control …

Studies on the applications of infrared (IR) spectroscopy and machine learning (ML) in
public health have increased greatly in recent years. These technologies show enormous …