Estimating malaria transmission risk through surveillance of human-vector interactions in northern Ghana.

Background: Vector bionomics are important aspects of vector-borne disease control programs. Mosquito-biting risks are affected by environmental, mosquito behavior and human factors, which are important for assessing exposure risk and intervention impacts. This study estimated malaria transmission risk based on vector-human interactions in northern Ghana, where indoor residual spraying (IRS) and insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) have been deployed.

Incremental cost and cost-effectiveness of the addition of indoor residual spraying with pirimiphos-methyl in sub-Saharan Africa versus standard malaria control: results of data collection and analysis in the Next Generation Indoor Residual Sprays (NgenIRS) project, an economic-evaluation.

Background: Malaria is a major cause of morbidity and mortality globally, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Widespread resistance to pyrethroids threatens the gains achieved by vector control. To counter resistance to pyrethroids, third-generation indoor residual spraying (3GIRS) products have been developed.

Indoor Residual Spraying Delivery Models to Prevent Malaria: Comparison of Community- and District-Based Approaches in Ethiopia.

Background: Indoor residual spraying (IRS) for malaria prevention has traditionally been implemented in Ethiopia by the district health office with technical and operational inputs from regional, zonal, and central health offices. The United States President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) in collaboration with the Government of Ethiopia tested the effectiveness and efficiency of integrating IRS into the government-funded community-based rural health services program.

Methods: Between 2012 and 2014, PMI conducted a mixed-methods study in 11 districts of Oromia region to compare district-based IRS (DB IRS) and community-based IRS (CB IRS) models.

Short persistence of bendiocarb sprayed on pervious walls and its implication for the indoor residual spray program in Ethiopia.

Background: With the emergence and spread of vector resistance to pyrethroids and DDT in Africa, several countries have recently switched or are considering switching to carbamates and/or organophosphates for indoor residual spraying (IRS). However, data collected on the residual life of bendiocarb used for IRS in some areas indicate shorter than expected bio-efficacy. This study evaluated the effect of pH and wall type on the residual life of the carbamates bendiocarb and propoxur as measured by the standard World Health Organization (WHO) cone bioassay test.

Semi-artificial hydroxylating enzymes created by flavins binding to cytochrome P450 2B4 and by bleomycin binding to NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase.

To create a semi-artificial monomolecular oxygenase system, FAD or FMN were covalently bound to cytochrome P450 2B4 as electron donor centers and bleomycin to NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase as a generator of active oxygen species. The most catalytically active was the conjugate of cytochrome P450 with FMN, able to initiate the reactions of dimethylaniline and aminopyrine demethylation along with the reaction of aniline p-hydroxylation. The conjugate of cytochrome P450 with FAD oxidized these substrates at a much slower rate.