Publications by authors named "Muhammed Camara"
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- * A recent study reviewed the prevalence of HBV in The Gambia, finding an infection rate above 8%, with HBV being the leading cause of liver cancer in the region.
- * Despite the availability of a safe vaccine, vaccination rates have declined from 91% to 88%, highlighting the need for targeted policies, community awareness, and increased access to vaccinations and treatments to meet the WHO's elimination goals for 2030.
Background: Vector control interventions in sub-Saharan Africa rely on insecticide-treated nets and indoor residual spraying. Insecticide resistance, poor coverage of interventions, poor quality nets and changes in vector behavior threaten the effectiveness of these interventions and, consequently, alternative tools are needed. Mosquitoes die after feeding on humans or animals treated with ivermectin (IVM).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMalaria remains a major health problem and vector control is an essential approach to decrease its burden, although it is threatened by insecticide resistance. New approaches for vector control are needed. The females of Anopheles gambiae s.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Understanding the human malaria infectious reservoir is important for elimination initiatives. Here, we implemented mosquito membrane feeding experiments to prepare for larger studies to quantify the transmission potential and relative contribution of the human infectious reservoir.
Methods: Patients with clinical malaria attending four health facilities with at least 16 Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes per μL were recruited during the 2018 transmission season.
Background: Mosquito feeding assays using venous blood are commonly used for evaluating the transmission potential of malaria infected individuals. To improve the accuracy of these assays, care must be taken to prevent premature activation or inactivation of gametocytes before they are fed to mosquitoes. This can be challenging in the field where infected individuals and insectary facilities are sometimes very far apart.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Vector control activities, namely long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLIN) and indoor residual spraying (IRS), have contributed significantly to the decreasing malaria burden observed in The Gambia since 2008. Nevertheless, insecticide resistance may threaten such success; it is important to regularly assess the susceptibility of local malaria vectors to available insecticides.
Methods: In the transmission seasons of 2016 and 2017, Anopheles gambiae (s.