Bioko Island
Increasing outdoor host seeking in Anopheles gambiae over 6 years of vector control on Bioko Island
... In some situations, a plausible explanation for an increase in outdoor host-seeking of malaria vectors dur- ing vector control programmes is the reduced availabil- ity of host indoors, e.g., because they are protected by ...
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High prevalence of Pfdhfr–Pfdhps quadruple mutations associated with sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine resistance in Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea
... on Bioko Island (Table 1), and these mutations also had been found at a very high level ...from Bioko island display high pyrimethamine resistance that needs to be addressed by the ...
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A cluster randomized trial comparing deltamethrin and bendiocarb as insecticides for indoor residual spraying to control malaria on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea
... in Bioko Island in collaboration with the Liverpool School of Tropical ...the Bioko mosquito population, indicating the lower susceptibility of the mosquitoes to pyrethroid insecticides (Hemingway, ...
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Recent cases of the implementation of the law regulating the hunting of bushmeat on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea
... on Bioko Island: one on the road up to the top of Pico Basile (UTM coordinates: 485092 m E, 407097 N), one on the road from Luba to Moka [coordinates pending] and one on the road that is being built from ...
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Outdoor biting by Anopheles mosquitoes on Bioko Island does not currently impact on malaria control
... main island of Equatorial Guinea, has a population of approximately 250,000 and is situated 32 kilometres off the coast of ...The Bioko Island Malaria Control Project (BIMCP), funded by the ...
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Evaluation of onchocerciasis seroprevalence in Bioko Island (Equatorial Guinea) after years of disease control programmes
... In addition, it should be emphasized that according to the age, the younger population (5–10 year-old) did not present positive serology, meaning that no IgG4 antibodies were detected. This result is ex- tremely ...
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Outdoor host seeking behaviour of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes following initiation of malaria vector control on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea
... The authors gratefully acknowledge Arcadio Edu, Valeriano Oluy, Emilio Bibian, Leonardo Bobuakasi, Jesus Nazareth, Dr. Miguel Torres, Ian Marpuri, Zachary Newick and village volunteers for their contributions in the ...
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Genetic diversity and allele frequencies of Plasmodium falciparum msp1 and msp2 in parasite isolates from Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea
... Field work was performed on Bioko Island, EG. Laboratory work was con‑ ducted at the School of Food Engineering and Biotechnology, Hanshan Normal University and Department of Medical Laboratory, Chaozhou ...
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Natural selection and genetic diversity of domain I of Plasmodium falciparum apical membrane antigen 1 on Bioko Island
... on Bioko Island and parts of the mainland in an effort to reduce malaria’s burden on the ...The Bioko Island Malaria Control Project (BIMCP) implemented by the ...of island-wide ...
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Increased risks of malaria due to limited residual life of insecticide and outdoor biting versus protection by combined use of nets and indoor residual spraying on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea
... BIMCP: Bioko island malaria control project; CI: Confidence interval; EIR: Entomological inoculation rate; IPTp: Intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy; GPS: Global positioning system; IRS: Indoor ...
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Determinants of bed net use in children under five and household bed net ownership on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea
... Preventative Treatment of pregnant women (IPTp) in 2005 as well as extensive information, education and communication (IEC) campaigns. The latter used mass media (radio, television, and printed materials) as well as ...
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Molecular monitoring of the diversity of human pathogenic malaria species in blood donations on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea
... The Bioko Island Malaria Control Project (BIMCP) started in 2004 with the aim to reduce malaria transmission and to control the burden of disease and has received substantial funding from the Government of ...
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Light traps fail to estimate reliable malaria mosquito biting rates on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea
... Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea is located in the Bay of Guinea in Central Africa (N 3° 40 ’ , E 8° 50 ’ ...on Bioko Island: Mongola, Arena Blanca, and Riaba (Figure ...the Bioko ...
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Plasmodiumdiversity in non-malaria individuals from the Bioko Island in Equatorial Guinea (West Central-Africa)
... the Bioko Island is subdivided, were selected for the study: Bareso 3° 38'60N; 8° 55'0E (East), Sacriba 3°42'0N ; 8° 43'0E (Northwest) and Ureka 3° 16'0N; 8° 31'60E ...
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Malaria transmission after five years of vector control on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea
... the island, in- dicate that the human population in this area are poten- tially exposed to about 840 infective mosquito bites per year when indoor and outdoor biting is taken into ac- ...on Bioko ...
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<p>Trends in Molecular Markers Associated with Resistance to Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine (SP) Among <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> Isolates on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea: 2011–2017</p>
... 4 Bioko, an island of Equatorial Guinea off the coast of Cameroon, has histori- cally high malaria ...Bioko Island. 7,8 SP has been used as a second-line therapy and IPTp on Bioko for ...
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Mapping and enumerating houses and households to support malaria control interventions on Bioko Island
... During the mass LLINs distribution campaigns, two population censuses were conducted that linked indi- viduals to their household identifiers [22, 23] and these have provided a very high spatial resolution rendering of ...
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Infection importation: a key challenge to malaria elimination on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea
... for island populations ...to Bioko, the main island of EG, contributed to the malaria burden in Bioko, in travellers and ...The Bioko Island Malaria Control Project (BIMCP) was ...
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Petrology of the Volcanic Rocks from Bioko Island (“Cameroon Hot Line”)
... (Pagalu, Principe and Sao Tome). A phonolite has been described by [6], but it has been sampled as a loosed block on the sea shore and could originate from Sao-Tome or Principe islands from which it could have been ...
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Trends in parasite prevalence following 13 years of malaria interventions on Bioko island, Equatorial Guinea: 2004–2016
... Several island nations have achieved substantial reductions in malaria transmission attributed to successful interventions [5–8], with Sri Lanka recently being certified malaria- free ...[9]. Bioko ...
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