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2024

Mosha, Jacklin F; Matowo, Nancy S; Kulkarni, Manisha A; Messenger, Louisa A; Lukole, Eliud; Mallya, Elizabeth; Aziz, Tatu; Kaaya, Robert; Shirima, Boniface A; Isaya, Gladness; Effectiveness of long-lasting insecticidal nets with pyriproxyfen–pyrethroid, chlorfenapyr–pyrethroid, or piperonyl butoxide–pyrethroid versus pyrethroid only against malaria in Tanzania: final-year results of a four-arm, single-blind, cluster-randomised trial DOI: Read More
Martin, Jackline; Lukole, Eliud; Messenger, Louisa A; Aziz, Tatu; Mallya, Elizabeth; Bernard, Edmond; Matowo, Nancy S; Mosha, Jacklin F; Rowland, Mark; Mosha, Franklin W; Monitoring of Fabric Integrity and Attrition Rate of Dual-Active Ingredient Long-Lasting Insecticidal Nets in Tanzania: A Prospective Cohort Study Nested in a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial Insects 15 2 108 2024 MDPI DOI: Read More
Lukole, Eliud Andrea; Cook, Jackie; Mosha, Jacklin; Matowo, Nancy; Kulkarni, Manisha; Mallya, Elizabeth; Aziz, Tatu; Martin, Jacklin; Rowland, Mark; Kleinschmidt, Immo; Community benefits of mass distribution of three types of dual-active-ingredient long-lasting insecticidal nets against malaria prevalence in Tanzania medRxiv 2024.01. 23.24301709 2024 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press , DOI: Read More
Lukole, Eliud; Cook, Jackie; Mosha, Jacklin F; Mallya, Elizabeth; Aziz, Tatu; Kulkarni, Manisha A; Matowo, Nancy S; Martin, Jacklin; Rowland, Mark; Kleinschmidt, Immo; Will a lack of fabric durability be their downfall? Impact of textile durability on the efficacy of three types of dual-active-ingredient long-lasting insecticidal nets: A secondary analysis on malaria prevalence and incidence from a cluster-randomized trial in north-west Tanzania 2024 , DOI: Read More
Azizi, Salum; Mbewe, Njelembo J; Mo, Hosiana; Edward, Felista; Sumari, Godwin; Mwacha, Silvia; Msapalla, Agness; Mawa, Benson; Mosha, Franklin; Matowo, Johnson; Is Anopheles gambiae (sensu stricto), the principal malaria vector in Africa prone to resistance development against new insecticides? Outcomes from laboratory exposure of An. gambiae (ss) to sub-lethal concentrations of chlorfenapyr and clothianidin Current Research in Parasitology & Vector-Borne Diseases 100172 2024 Elsevier , DOI: Read More
Charles D Mwalimu, Samson Kiware, Rosemary Nshama, Yahya Derua, Pendael Machafuko, Peter Gitanya, Winfred Mwafongo, Jubilate Bernard, Basiliana Emidi, Victor Mwingira, Robert Malima, Victoria Githu, Brian Masanja, Yeromin Mlacha, Patrick Tungu, Bilali Kabula, Edward Sambu, Bernard Batengana, Johnson Matowo, Nicodem Govella, Prosper Chaki, Samwel Lazaro, Naomi Serbantez, Jovin Kitau, Stephen M Magesa, William N Kisinza, Dynamics of malaria vector composition and Plasmodium falciparum infection in mainland Tanzania: 2017–2021 data from the national malaria vector …, DOI: Read More
Eliud Lukole, Jackie Cook, Jacklin F Mosha, Elizabeth Mallya, Tatu Aziz, Manisha A Kulkarni, Nancy S Matowo, Jacklin Martin, Mark Rowland, Immo Kleinschmidt, Alphaxard Manjurano, Franklin W Mosha , Natacha Protopopoff. Impact of textile durability on the efficacy of three types of dual-active-ingredient long- lasting insecticidal nets: A secondary analysis on malaria prevalence and incidence from a cluster-randomized trial in north-west Tanzania, 09 January 2024, PREPRINT (Version 1) available at Research Square , DOI: Read More

2023

Salum Azizi, Jackline Martin, Njelembo J. Mbewe, Agness Msapalla, Silvia Mwacha, Amandus Joram, Benson Mawa, Robert Diotrephes Kaaya, Jovin Kitau, Franklin Mosha, Johnson Matowo, and Natacha Protopopoff, (2023) Evaluation of Durability as a Function of Fabric Strength and Residual Bio-Efficacy for the Olyset Plus and Interceptor G2 LLINs after 3 Years of Field Use in Tanzania, DOI: Read More
George Mtove, R Matthew Chico, Mwayiwawo Madanitsa, Hellen C Barsosio, Omari Abdul Msemo, Queen Saidi, Georgia R Gore-Langton, Daniel TR Minja, Crispin Mukerebe, Samwel Gesase, Victor Mwapasa, Kamija S Phiri, Helle Hansson, James Dodd, Pascal Magnussen, Reginald A Kavishe, Franklin Mosha, Simon Kariuki, John PA Lusingu, Julie R Gutman, Michael Alifrangis, Feiko O ter Kuile, Christentze Schmiegelow, (2023) Fetal growth and birth weight are independently reduced by malaria infection and curable sexually transmitted and reproductive tract infections in Kenya, Tanzania, and Malawi, DOI: Read More
Alina Soto, Mark Rowland, Louisa A Messenger, Mathew Kirby, Franklin W Mosha, Alphaxard Manjurano, Natacha Protopopoff, (2023) Ovary Dissection Is a Sensitive Measure of Sterility in Anopheles gambiae Exposed to the Insect Growth Regulator Pyriproxyfen, DOI: Read More
Nancy S Matowo, Manisha A Kulkarni, Louisa A Messenger, Mohamed Jumanne, Jackline Martin, Elizabeth Mallya, Eliud Lukole, Jacklin F Mosha, Oliva Moshi, Boniface Shirima, Robert Kaaya, Mark Rowland, Alphaxard Manjurano, Franklin W Mosha, Natacha Protopopoff, (2023) Differential impact of dual-active ingredient long-lasting insecticidal nets on primary malaria vectors: a secondary analysis of a 3-year, single-blind, cluster-randomised, DOI: Read More
Njelembo J Mbewe, Matthew J Kirby, Janneke Snetselaar, Robert D Kaaya, Graham Small, Salum Azizi, Kisengwa Ezekia, Baltazari Manunda, Boniface Shirima, Franklin W Mosha, Mark W Rowland, (2023) A non-inferiority and GLP-compliant study of broflanilide IRS (VECTRON™ T500), a novel meta-diamide insecticide against Anopheles arabiensis, DOI: Read More
Ummi Abdul Kibondo, Jenny Renju, Eliud Lukole, Jacklin F Mosha, Franklin W Mosha, Alphaxard Manjurano, Mark Rowland, Natacha Protopopoff, (2023) Factors associated with malaria infection among children after distribution of PBO-pyrethroid synergist-treated nets and indoor residual spraying in north-western Tanzania, DOI: Read More
Claudia Duguay, Jacklin F Mosha, Eliud Lukole, Doris Mangalu, Charles Thickstun, Elizabeth Mallya, Tatu Aziz, Cindy Feng, Natacha Protopopoff, Franklin Mosha, Alphaxard Manjurano, Alison Krentel, Manisha A Kulkarni, (2023) Assessing risk factors for malaria and schistosomiasis among children in Misungwi, Tanzania, an area of co-endemicity: A mixed methods study Read More
Jackline Lyimo Martin, Eliud Lukole, Louisa A Messenger, Tatu Aziz, Elizabeth Mallya, Edmund Bernard, Nancy S Matowo, Jacklin Franklin Mosha, Mark W Rowland, Franklin W Mosha, Alphaxard Manjurano, Natacha Protopopoff, (2023) Monitoring of Fabric Integrity and Attrition Rate of Dual-Active Ingredient Long-Lasting Insecticidal Nets in Tanzania: A Prospective Cohort Study Nested in a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial, Read More
Jackline L Martin, Louisa A Messenger, Mark Rowland, Franklin W Mosha, Edmund Bernard, Monica Kisamo, Shaban Limbe, Patric Hape, Charles Thickstun, Crene Steven, Oliva Moshi, Boniface Shirima, Nancy S Matowo, Jacklin F Mosha, Dominic P Dee, Thomas S Churcher, Manisha A Kulkarni, Alphaxard Manjurano, Natacha Protopopoff, (2023) Bio-efficacy of field aged novel class of long-lasting insecticidal nets, against pyrethroid-resistant malaria vectors in Tanzania: A series of experimental hut trials, DOI: Read More
Natacha Protopopoff, Jacklin F Mosha, Louisa A Messenger, Eliud Lukole, Jacques D Charlwood, Alexandra Wright, Enock Kessy, Alphaxard Manjurano, Franklin W Mosha, Immo Kleinschmidt, Mark Rowland, (2023) Effectiveness of piperonyl butoxide and pyrethroid-treated long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) versus pyrethroid-only LLINs with and without indoor residual spray against malaria infection: third year results of a cluster, randomised controlled, two-by-two factorial design trial in Tanzania DOI: Read More
Louisa A Messenger, Nancy S Matowo, Chad L Cross, Mohamed Jumanne, Natalie M Portwood, Jackline Martin, Eliud Lukole, Elizabeth Mallya, Jacklin F Mosha, Robert Kaaya, Oliva Moshi, Bethanie Pelloquin, Katherine Fullerton, Alphaxard Manjurano, Franklin W Mosha, Thomas Walker, Mark Rowland, Manisha A Kulkarni, Natacha Protopopoff, (2023) Effects of next-generation, dual-active-ingredient, long-lasting insecticidal net deployment on insecticide resistance in malaria vectors in Tanzania: an analysis of a 3-year, cluster-randomised controlled trial, DOI: Read More
A Soto, M Rowland, LA Messenger, M Kirby, FW Mosha, A Manjurano, N Protopopoff, (2023) Ovary Dissection Is a Sensitive Measure of Sterility in Anopheles gambiae Exposed to the Insect Growth Regulator Pyriproxyfen. Insects 2023, 14, 552, DOI: Read More

2022

Natalie M Portwood, Magreth F Shayo, Patrick K Tungu, Njelembo J Mbewe, George Mlay, Graham Small, Janneke Snetselaar, Mojca Kristan, Prisca Levy, Thomas Walker, Matthew J Kirby, William Kisinza, Franklin W Mosha, Mark Rowland, Louisa A Messenger, (2022) Multi-centre discriminating concentration determination of broflanilide and potential for cross-resistance to other public health insecticides in Anopheles vector. Read More
Salum Azizi, Johnson Matowo, Njelembo Joshua Mbewe, Natacha Protopopoff, Rashid Athumani, Wambura Matiku, Magreth Shayo, Filemoni Tenu, Mark Rowland, Franklin Mosha, Jovin Kitau. (2022) Laboratory and semi-field efficacy evaluation of permethrin–piperonyl butoxide treated blankets against pyrethroid-resistant malaria vectors Read More
Njelembo J. Mbewe, Mark W. Rowland, Janneke Snetselaar, Salum Azizi, Graham Small, Derric D. Nimmo & Franklin W. Mosha, (2022) Efficacy of bednets with dual insecticide-treated netting (Interceptor® G2) on side and roof panels against Anopheles arabiensis in north-eastern Tanzania. Parasites Vectors 15, 326 (2022). Read More
Kaaya, R.D.; Amour, C.; Matowo, J.J.; Mosha, F.W.; Kavishe, R.A.; Beshir, K.B. Genetic Sequence Variation in the Plasmodium falciparum Histidine-Rich Protein 2 Gene from Field Isolates in Tanzania: Impact on Malaria Rapid Diagnosis. Genes 2022, 13, 1642. Read More
Azizi, S., Snetselaar, J., Kaaya, R. et al. Implementing OECD GLP principles for the evaluation of novel vector control tools: a case study with two novel LLINs, SafeNet® and SafeNet NF®. Malar J 21, 183 (2022). Read More
Lees, R.S.; Armistead, J.S.; Azizi, S.; Constant, E.; Fornadel, C.; Gimnig, J.E.; Hemingway, J.; Impoinvil, D.; Irish, S.R.; Kisinza, W.; et al. Strain Characterisation for Measuring Bioefficacy of ITNs Treated with Two Active Ingredients (Dual-AI ITNs): Developing a Robust Protocol by Building Consensus. Insects 2022, 13, 434. DOI:Read More
Eliud Lukole, Jackie Cook, Jacklin F. Mosha, Louisa A Messenger, Mark Rowland Immo Kleinschmidt, Jacques D Charlwood, Franklin W Mosha, Alphaxard Manjurano, Alexandra Wright, Natacha Protopopoff. (2022) Protective efficacy of holed and aging PBO-pyrethroid synergist-treated nets on malaria infection prevalence in north-western Tanzania, DOI: Read More
Janneke Snetselaar, Rosemary S. Lees, Geraldine M. Foster, Kyle J. Walker, Baltazari J. Manunda, David J. Malone, Franklin W. Mosha, Mark W. Rowland and Matthew J. Kirby. (2022) Enhancing the Quality of Spray Application in IRS: Evaluation of the Micron Track Sprayer, DOI: Read More
Agness Msapalla, Salum Azizi, Menan Jangu, Njelembo J. Mbewe, Johnson Matowo, Magreth F. Shayo, Robert Kaaya, Benson Mawa, Amandus Joram, Mathew J. Kirby, Mark W. Rowland, Franklin Mosha (2022) Simplified Procedures for Managing Insecticidal Waste: A Case Report of KCMUCo-PAMVERC Vector Control Product Testing Facility in North-Eastern Tanzania , DOI: Read More
Mosha JF, Kulkarni MA, Lukole E, Matowo NS, Pitt C, Messenger LA, Mallya E, Jumanne M, Aziz T, Kaaya R, Shirima BA, Isaya G, Taljaard M, Martin J, Hashim R, Thickstun C, Manjurano A, Kleinschmidt I, Mosha FW, Rowland M, Protopopoff N. (2022) Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness against malaria of three types of dual-active-ingredient long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) compared with pyrethroid-only LLINs in Tanzania: a four-arm, cluster-randomised trial, DOI: Read More
Matowo J, Weetman D, Pignatelli P, Wright A, Charlwood JD, Kaaya R, Shirima B, Moshi O, Lukole E, Mosha JF, Manjurano A, Mosha F, Rowland M, Protopopoff N. (2022) Expression of pyrethroid metabolizing P450 enzymes characterizes highly resistant Anopheles vector species targeted by successful deployment of PBO-treated bednets in Tanzania. DOI: Read More
Kaaya, R.D., Kavishe, R.A., Tenu, F.F., Matowo, J.J., Mosha, F.W., Drakeley, C., Sutherland, C., Beshir, K.B. (2022) Deletions of the Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein 2/3 genes are common in field isolates from north-eastern Tanzania. DOI: Read More

2021

Janneke Snetselaar, Mark W. Rowland, Baltazari J. Manunda, Ezekia M. Kisengwa, Graham J. Small, David J. Malone, Franklin W. Mosha, Matthew J. Kirby, (2021) Efficacy of indoor residual spraying with broflanilide (TENEBENAL), a novel metadiamide insecticide, against pyrethroidresistant anopheline vectors in Northern Tanzania: An experimental hut trial , DOI: Read More
Azizi, S.; Snetselaar, J.; Wright, A.; Matowo, J.; Shirima, B.; Kaaya, R.; Athumani, R.; Tenu, F.; Protopopoff, N.; Kirby, M. Colonization and Authentication of the Pyrethroid-Resistant Anopheles gambiae s.s. Muleba-Kis Strain; an Important Test System for Laboratory Screening of New Insecticides. Insects 2021, 12, 710. DOI: Read More
Kassam, N.A., Kaaya, R.D., Damian, D.J. et al. Ten years of monitoring malaria trend and factors associated with malaria test positivity rates in Lower Moshi. Malar J 20, 193 (2021). DOI: Read More
Nancy S. Matowo, Jackline Martin, Manisha A. Kulkarni, Jacklin F. Mosha, Eliud Lukole, Gladness Isaya, Boniface Shirima, Robert Kaaya, Catherine Moyes, Penelope A. Hancock, Mark Rowland, Alphaxard Manjurano, Franklin W. Mosha, Natacha Protopopoff & Louisa A. Messenger, An increasing role of pyrethroid-resistant Anopheles funestus in malaria transmission in the Lake Zone, Tanzania. Sci Rep 11, 13457 (2021). DOI: Read More
Robert D Kaaya, Debora C Kajeguka, Johnson J Matowo, Arnold J Ndaro, Franklin W Mosha, Jaffu O Chilongola, Reginald A Kavishe. Predictive markers of transmission in areas with different malaria endemicity in north-eastern Tanzania based on seroprevalence of antibodies against Plasmodium falciparum 2021, DOI: Read More
Johnson Matowo, David Weetman, Patricia Pignatell, Alexandra Wright, Jacques D Charlwood, Robert Kaaya, Boniface Shirima, Oliva Moshi, Eliud Lukole, Jacklin Mosha, Alphaxard Manjurano, Franklin Mosha, Mark Rowland, Natacha Protopopoff. Insecticide resistance characteristic of Anopheles vector species successfully controlled by deployment of pyrethroid and PBO long lasting insecticidal treated nets in Tanzania 2021, DOI: Read More
Jackline Martin, Franklin W Mosha, Eliud Lukole, Mark Rowland, Jim Todd, Jacques D Charlwood, Jacklin F Mosha, Natacha Protopopoff. Personal Protection with PBO-Pyrethroid Synergist Treated Nets After Two Years of Household Use Against Pyrethroid-Resistant Anopheles in Tanzania 2021, DOI: Read More
Jacklin F. Mosha , Manisha A. Kulkarni, Louisa A. Messenger , Mark Rowland, Nancy Matowo, Catherine Pitt, Eliud Lukole, Monica Taljaard, Charles Thickstun, Alphaxard Manjurano, Franklin W. Mosha, Immo Kleinschmidt, Natacha Protopopoff
Protocol for a four parallel-arm, single[1]blind, cluster-randomised trial to assess the effectiveness of three types of dual active ingredient treated nets compared to pyrethroid-only long-lasting insecticidal nets to prevent malaria transmitted by pyrethroid insecticide[1]resistant vector mosquitoes in Tanzania DOI:Read More

2020

Jacklin F. Mosha, Eliud Lukole, J. Derek Charlwood, Alexandra Wright, Mark Rowland, Olivia Bullock, Alphaxard Manjurano, William Kisinza, Franklin W. Mosha, Immo Kleinschmidt and Natacha Protopopoff (2020) Risk factors for malaria infection prevalence and household vector density between mass distribution campaigns of long-lasting insecticidal nets in North-western Tanzania Malaria Journal, 19:297
Lynn Grignard, Debbie Nolder, Nuno Sepulveda, Araia Berhane, Selam Mihrete, Robert Kaaya, Jody Phelan, Kara Moser, Donelly A. van Schalkwyk, Susana Campino, Jonathan B. Parr, Jonathan J. Juliano, Peter Chiodini, Jane Cunningham, Colin J. Sutherland, Chris Drakeley, Khalid B. Beshir (2020). A novel multiplex qPCR assay for detection of Plasmodium falciparum with histidine-rich protein 2 and 3 (pfhrp2 and pfhrp3) deletions in polyclonal infections; EBioMedicine, 55:102757, DOI: Read More
Sara Begg, Alexandra Wright, Graham Small, Franklin Mosha, Matthew Kirby, Janneke Snetselaar, Salum Aziz, Jameel Bharmal, Russell Dacombe, Imelda Bates (2020). Developing laboratory capacity for Good Laboratory Practice certification: lessons from a Tanzanian insecticide testing facility. Gates Open Research, 4:59 DOI: Read More

2019

Derua YA, Kahindi SC, Mosha FW, Kweka EJ, Atieli HE, Zhou G, et al. (2019) Susceptibility of Anopheles gambiae complex mosquitoes to microbial larvicides in diverse ecological settings in western Kenya. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 33:220-227.
Deokary Joseph Matiya , Anitha B. Philbert, Winifrida Kidima and Johnson J. Matowo (2019) Dynamics and monitoring of insecticide resistance in malaria vectors across mainland Tanzania from 1997 to 2017: a systematic review Malaria Journal,18:102
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2018

Natacha Protopopoff, Jacklin F Mosha, Eliud Lukole, Jacques D Charlwood, Alexandra Wright, Charles D Mwalimu, Alphaxard Manjurano , Franklin W Mosha , William Kisinza, Immo Kleinschmidt, Mark Rowland (2018) Effectiveness of a Long-Lasting Piperonyl Butoxide-Treated Insecticidal Net and Indoor Residual Spray Interventions, Separately and Together, Against Malaria Transmitted by Pyrethroid-Resistant Mosquitoes: A Cluster, Randomised Controlled, Two-By-Two Factorial Design Trial. Lancet 391 (10130), 1577-1588.
Derua YA, Kahindi SC, Mosha FW, Kweka EJ, Atieli HE, Wang X, Zhou G, Lee M-C, Githeko AK and Yan G (2018) Microbial larvicides for mosquito control: Impact of long lasting formulations of Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis and Bacillus sphaericus on non-target organisms in western Kenya highlands. Ecology and Evolution 8: 7563-7573.

2017

Louisa A. Messenger and Mark Rowland Messenger and Rowland. (2017) Insectici-treated durable wall lining (ITWL): future prospects for control of malaria and other vector-borne diseases, DOI: Read More
Basiliana Emidi, William N. Kisinza, Robert D. Kaaya, Robert Malima & Franklin W. Mosha (2018) Insecticide susceptibility status of human biting mosquitoes in Muheza, Tanzania Tanzania Journal of Health Research, 19 (3)
Basiliana Emidi, William N. Kisinza, Bruno P. Mmbando, Robert Malima, Franklin W. Mosha (2017). Effect of physicochemical parameters on Anopheles and Culex mosquito larvae abundance in different breeding sites in a rural setting of Muheza, Tanzania” Parasites and Vectors, 10: 304
Robert Malima, Basiliana Emidi, Louisa A. Messenger, Richard M. Oxborough, Bernard Batengana,Wema Sudi, Sophie Weston, George Mtove, Joseph P. Mugasa, Franklin W. Mosha, Mark W. Rowland and William Kisinza (2017) Experimental hut evaluation of a novel long-lasting non-pyrethroid durable wall lining for control of pyrethroid-resistant Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles funestus in Tanzania. Malaria Journal, 16:82
Emidi B, Kisinza WN, Kaaya RD, Malima R and Mosha FW (2017). Insecticide susceptibility status of human biting mosquitoes in Muheza, Tanzania; Tanzania Journal of Health Research, Doi: Read More

2016

Hertz JT, Lyaruu LJ, Mosha FW, Crump JA (2016) Distribution of Aedes mosquitoes in the Kilimanjaro Region of northern Tanzania. Pathogens and Global Health, 10: 108-12
Bilali Kabula, Patrick Tungu, Emily J. Rippon, Keith Steen, William Kisinza, Stephen Magesa, Franklin Mosha and Martin James Donnelly (2016) A significant association between deltamethrin resistance, Plasmodium falciparum infection and the Vgsc-1014S resistance mutation in Anopheles gambiae highlights the epidemiological importance of resistance markers. Malaria Journal, 15:289
Patrick Tungu, Louisa A. Messenger, Matthew J. Kirby, Wema Sudi, William Kisinza and Mark Rowland (2016) Phase III evaluation of the insecticidal efficacy and durability of a deltamethrin treated polypropylene long-lasting net LifeNet®, in comparison with long-lasting nets made from polyester and polyethylene: study protocol. Archives of Public Health, 74:56
Kulkarni MA, Desrochers RE, Kajeguka DC, Kaaya RD, Tomayer A, Kweka EJ, Protopopoff N and Mosha F (2016). Ten years of environmental change on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro and its associated shift in malaria vector distributions; Frontiers in public health DOI:Read More
Homenauth E, Kajeguka DC, Kaaya RD, Protopopoff N, Mosha FW, Desrochers RE, Watts A, Kulkarni MA (2016). Investigating ecological determinants of malaria vector distribution in rural Tanzania "a multi-scalar investigation’’; American.Journal of Epidemiology 184(1):78-78: Read More
Mtove G, Mugasa JP, Messenger LA, Malima RC, Mangesho P, Magogo F, Plucinski M, Hashimu R, Matowo J, Shepard D, Batengana B, Cook J, Emidi B, Halasa Y, Kaaya RD, Kihombo A, Lindblade KA, Makenga G, Mpangala R, Mwambuli A, Mzava R, Mziray A, Olang G, Oxborough R, Seif M, Sambu E, Samuels A, Sudi W, Thomas J, Weston S, Alilio M, Binkin N, Gimnig J, Kleinschmidt I, McElroy P, Moulton LH, Norris L, Ruebush T, Venkatesan M, Rowland M, Mosha FW, Kisinza WN (2016). The effectiveness of non-pyrethroid insecticide-treated durable wall lining to control malaria in rural Tanzania: study protocol for a two-armed cluster randomized trial; BMC Public Health16(1):633: Read More
Homenauth E, Kajeguka DC, Kaaya RD, Protopopoff N, Mosha FW, Desrochers RE, Watts A, Kulkarni MA (2016). Investigating ecological determinants of malaria vector distribution in rural Tanzania "a multi-scalar investigation’’; American Journal of Epidemiology 184(1):78-78: DOI Read More
Kavishe RA, Kaaya RD, Nag S, Krogsgaard C, Notland JG, Kavishe AA, Ishengoma D, Roper C, Alifrangis M (2016). Molecular monitoring of Plasmodium falciparum super-resistance to sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine in Tanzania; Malaria Journal, 15:335, DOI:Read More
Kajeguka DC, Kaaya RD, Mwakalinga S, Ndossi R, Ndaro A, Chilongola JO, Mosha FW, Schiøler KL, Kavishe RA, Alifrangis M (2016). Prevalence of dengue and chikungunya virus infections in north-eastern Tanzania: a cross sectional study among participants presenting with malaria-like symptoms. BMC Infectious Diseases; 16(1):183. doi: Read More

2015

Matowo J, Kitau J, Kaaya RD, Kavishe RA, Wright A, Kisinza W, Kleinschmidt I, Mosha F, Rowland M and Protopopoff N (2014). Trends in insecticide resistance in Anopheles gambiae s.l in North Western Tanzania; Journal of Parasitology and Vector Biology 0; 6(3):31-41. DOI: Read More
Richard M Oxborough, Raphael N 'guessan, Rebecca Jones, Jovin Kitau, Corine Ngufor, David Malone, Franklin W Mosha, Mark W Rowland (2015) The activity of the pyrrole insecticide chlorfenapyr in mosquito bioassay: Towards a more rational testing and screening of non-neurotoxic insecticides for malaria vector control. Malaria Journal, 24;14:124.doi: 10.1186/s12936-015-0639-x
Patrick K Tungu, Robert Malima, Frank W Mosha, Issa Lyimo, Caroline Maxwell, Harparkash Kaur, William N Kisinza, Stephen M Magesa, Matthew J Kirby, Mark Rowland. (2015) Evaluation of ICON Maxx, a long-lasting treatment kit for mosquito nets: experimental hut trials against anopheline mosquitoes in Tanzania. Malaria Journal, 30;14:225.
Chilongola J, Ndaro A, Tarimo H, Shedrack T, Barthazary S, Kaaya RD, Masokoto A, Kajeguka D, Kavishe RA, and Lusingu J (2015). Occurrence of pfatpase6 Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Associated with Artemisinin Resistance among Field Isolates of Plasmodium falciparum in North-Eastern Tanzania; Malaria Research and Treatment , Article ID 279028:: Read More
West PA, Protopopoff N, Wright A (2015) Enhanced protection against malaria by indoor residual spraying in addition to insecticide treated nets: is it dependent on transmission intensity or net usage?.PLoS One, 10: e0115661

2014

Kitau J, Oxborough RM, Kaye A, Chen-Hussey V, Isaacs E, Matowo J, Kaur H, Magesa SM, Mosha FW, Rowland MW and J Logan (2014). Laboratory and experimental hut evaluation of a long-lasting insecticide treated blanket for protection against mosquitoes. Parasites & Vectors, 7:129.
Jovin Kitau, Richard Oxborough, Johnson Matowo, Franklin Mosha, Stephen M Magesa and Mark Rowland Indoor Residual Spraying with microencapsulated DEET repellent (N, N-diethyl-m-toluamide) for control of Anopheles arabiensis and Culex quinquefasciatus Parasites & Vectors 2014, 7:446 doi:10.1186/1756-3305-7-446
Matowo J, Kitau J, Kabula B, Kavishe RA, Oxborough R, Kaaya RD, Francis P, Chambo A, Mosha FW and Rowland MW (2014). Dynamics of insecticide resistance and the frequency of kdr mutation in the primary malaria vector Anopheles arabiensis in rural villages of Lower Moshi, North Eastern Tanzania ; Journal of Parasitology and Vector Biology, Vol. 6(3), pp. 31-41, DOI: Read More
Oxborough RM, Kitau J, Jones R, Feston E, Matowo J, Mosha FW and MW Rowland (2014) Long-lasting control of Anopheles arabiensis by a single spray application of micro-encapsulated pirimiphos-methyl (Actellic® 300 CS). Malaria Journal, 13:37.
West PA, Protopopoff N, Wright A, Kivaju Z, Tigererwa R, Mosha, FW, Kisinza, W, Rowland, M and I. Kleinschmidt 2014) Indoor Residual Spraying in Combination with Insecticide-Treated Nets Compared to Insecticide-Treated Nets Alone for Protection against Malaria: A Cluster Randomised Trial in Tanzania. PLoS Medicine, 11(4): e1001630. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001630
Kabula, B., Tungu, P., Ndege, C., Batengana, B., Kollo, D., Malima, R., Mohamed, M., Mosha, F., Magesa, S. and Kisinza, W (2014) Co-occurrence and Distribution of East L1014S) and West (L1014F) African Knockdown Resistance Mutations in Anopheles gambiae l. in Tanzania. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 19(3): 1–11
Matowo, Johnson, Christopher M Jones, Bilali Kabula, Hilary Ranson, Keith Steen, Franklin Mosha, Mark Rowland, David Weetman. (2014) Genetic basis of pyrethroid resistance in a population of Anopheles arabiensis, the primary malaria vector in Lower Moshi, north-eastern Tanzania. Parasites and Vectors; 7(1):274
Kavishe RA, Paulo P, Kaaya RD, Kalinga A, Zwetselaar M, Chilongola J, Roper C and Alifrangis M: (2014) Surveillance of artemether-lumefantrine associated Plasmodium falciparum multidrug resistance protein-1 gene polymorphisms in Tanzania; Malaria Journal,13:264: DOI: Read More

2013

Malima R, Tungu PK, Mwingira V, Maxwell C, Magesa SM, Kaur H, Kirby MJ & MW Rowland (2013). Evaluation of the long lasting insecticidal net Interceptor® LN: laboratory and experimental hut studies against anopheline and culicine mosquitoes in northeastern Tanzania. Parasites and Vectors, 6:296
Oxborough RM, Kitau J, Matowo J, Feston E, Mndeme R, Mosha FW and MW Rowland (2013) ITN mixtures of chlorfenapyr (pyrrole) and alphacypermethrin (pyrethroid) for control of pyrethroid resistant Anopheles arabiensis and Culex quinquefasciatus. PLoS One, volume 8, issue 2.
Stewart ZP, Oxborough RM, Tungu PK, Kirby MJ, Rowland MW and S Irish (2013) Indoor application of attractive toxic sugar bait (ATSB) in combination with mosquito nets for control of pyrethroid-resistant mosquitoes. PLoS One, volume 8, issue 12.
West P, Protopopoff N, Rowland M, Cumming E, Rand A, Drakeley C, Wright LA, Kivaju Z, Kirby MJ, Mosha FW, Kisinza W & Kleinschmidt I. (2013). Malaria risk factors in North West Tanzania: The effect of spraying, nets and wealth. PLoS ONE, 8(6):e65787.
Franklin W Mosha, Mark W Rowland (2013). ITN Mixtures of Chlorfenapyr (Pyrrole) and Alphacypermethrin (Pyrethroid) for Control of Pyrethroid Resistant Anopheles arabiensis and Culex quinquefasciatus PLoS ONE 8(2):e55781. DOI:10.137 1
Kabula Bilali, P Tungu, R Malima, M Rowland, J Minja, R Wililo, M Ramsan, P D McElroy, J Kafuko, M Kulkarni, N Protopopoff, S Magesa, F Mosha, W Kisinza (2013) Distribution and spread of pyrethroid and DDT resistance among the Anopheles gambiae complex in Tanzania. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, DOI:10.1111/mve.12036
West PA, Protopopoff N, Rowland M, Cumming E, Rand A, Drakeley C, Wright A, Kivaju Z, Kirby MJ, Mosha FW, Kisinza W, Kleinschmidt I (2013) Malaria Risk Factors in North West Tanzania: The Effect of Spraying, Nets and Wealth. PLoS ONE, 8(6): e65787. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.006578
Protopopoff N, Matowo J, Malima R, Kavishe R, Kaaya RD, Wright A, West PA, Kleinschmidt I, Kisinza W, Mosha FW and Rowland M (2013). High level of resistance in the mosquito Anopheles gambiae to pyrethroid insecticides and reduced susceptibility to bendiocarb in north-western Tanzania; Malaria Journal, 12:149: DOI:Read More
West PA, Protopopoff N, Rowland M, Cumming E, Rand A, et al. (2013) Malaria risk factors in north west Tanzania: the effect of spraying, nets and wealth. PLoS ONE, 8: e65787

2012

West PA, Protopopoff N, Rowland MW, Matthew J Kirby MJ, Oxborough RM, Mosha FW, Malima R and Kleinschmidt I (2012) Evaluation of a national universal coverage campaign of long-lasting insecticidal nets in a rural district in north-west Tanzania Malaria Journal 11: 273.
Kabula Bilali, Basiliana Emidi, Jovin Kitau, Stephen M Magesa, Robert Malima, Denis Masue, Johnson Matowo, Jubilate Minja, Frank Mosha, Shandala Msangi, Clement Mweya, Ritha Njau, Calvin Sindato, Patrick Tungu, William Kisinza (2012) Susceptibility status of malaria vectors to insecticides commonly used for malaria control in Tanzania. Tropical Hedicine & International Health, 17(6):742-50
Kitau Jovin, Stephen M Magesa; Robert Malima; Johnson Matowo; Frank Mosha; Richard M Oxborough; Jane Bruce; Patrick K Tungu; Mark W Rowland (2012) Species shifts in the Anopheles gambiae complex: Do LLINs successfully control Anopheles arabiensis? PloS One, 7(3):e31481

2011

Kabula, B., Derua, Y. A., Tungu, P., Massue, D. J., Sambu, E., Stanley, G., Mosha, F. W. and Kisinza, W. N. (2011) Malaria entomological profile in Tanzania from 1950 to 2010 : a review of mosquito distribution, vectorial capacity and insecticide resistance. Tanzania Journal of Health Research, 13 (1)
Kweka, EJ; Zhou,G; Lee, MC; Gilbreath, TM; Mosha, FW; Munga, S;Githeko, AK Yan, G. (2011) Evaluation of two methods of estimating larval habitat productivity in Western Kenya highlands. Parasites and Vectors, 4, 110
Kweka, EJ; Nyindo, M; Mosha, F (2011). Insecticidal activity of the essential oil from fruits and seeds of Schinus tebrinthifolia Raddi against malaria vectors. Parasites and Vectors, 4: 129
Kweka, JK; Owino, EA; Mwang’ode BJ, Mahande, AM; Nyindo, M; Mosha, F. (2011) The role of cow urine in the oviposition site preference of Culicine and Anopheles mosquitoes. Parasites and Vectors, 4:184
Mwanziva, C; Tungu, PK; Mweya, C.M; Mkali, H; Ndege, CM; Sanga, A; Mtabho,C; Lukwaro, C; Azizi, S; Myamba,J; Chilongola, J; Magesa, SM, Shekalaghe, S; Mosha,FW. (2011) Transmission intensity and malaria vector population structure in Magugu, Babati District, Northern Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Health Research, 1(13)

2010

Johnson Matowo, Manisha A Kulkarni, Franklin W Mosha, Richard M Oxborough, Jovin A Kitau, Filemoni Tenu and Mark Rowland (2010) Biochemical basis of permethrin resistance in Anopheles arabiensis from Lower Moshi, north-eastern Tanzania Malaria Journal, 9:193 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-9-193
R M Oxborough, J Kitau, J Matowo, R Mndeme, E Feston, P Boko, A Odjo, C G Metonnou, S Irish, R N'guessan, F W Mosha and M W Rowland.(2010) Evaluation of indoor residual spraying with the pyrrole insecticide chlorfenapyr against pyrethroid-susceptible Anopheles arabiensis and pyrethroid-resistant Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 104(10):639-45.
Tungu P, Magesa S, Maxwell C, Malima R, Masue D, Sudi W, Myamba J Pigeon O, Rowland M (2010) Evaluation of PermaNet 3.0 a deltamethrin-PBO combination net against Anopheles gambiae and pyrethroid resistant Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes: an experimental hut trial in Tanzania. Malaria Journal, 9: 21. pmid:20085631

2009

J Kitau, RT Rwegoshora, D Rwegoshora, J Matowo, FW Mosha, SM Magesa (2009) The effect of combined use of Mosquito Magnet Liberty Plus™ trap and insecticide treated net on human biting rates of Anopheles gambiae s.s. and Culex quinquefasciatus Tanzania Journal of Health Research, Vol 11, No 2
R C Malima, R M Oxborough, P K Tungu, C Maxwell, I Lyimo, V Mwingira, F W Mosha, J Matowo, S M Magesa, M W Rowland (2009) Behavioural and insecticidal effects of organophosphate-, carbamate- and pyrethroid-treated mosquito nets against African malaria vectors Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 23(4):317-25. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2009.00837.x
R.M. Oxborough, V. Weira, S. Irish, H. Kaura, R. N’Guessan, P. Bokob, A. Odjob, C. Metonnou, A. Yatesa, M. Akogbeto, M.W. Rowland (2009) Is K-O Tab 1-2-3® long lasting on non-polyester mosquito nets? Acta Tropica, 112(1):49-53 DOI: Read More

2008

Malima RC, Magesa SM, Tungu PK, Mwingira V, Magogo FS, Sudi, W, Mosha FW, Curtis CF, Maxwell C and Rowland M (2008) An experimental hut evaluation of Olyset nets against anopheline mosquitoes after seven years use in Tanzanian villages Malaria Journal, 7: 38.
Mosha FW, Lyimo IN, Oxborough RM, Malima R, Tenu F, Matowo J, Feston E, Mndeme R, Magesa SM and MW Rowland (2008) Experimental hut evaluation of the pyrrole insecticide chlorfenapyr on bed nets for the control of Anopheles arabiensis and Culex quinquefasciatus. Tropical Medicine and International Health, volume 13 no 5 pp 644–652
Mosha FW, Lyimo IN, Oxborough RM, Matowo J, Malima R, Feston E, Mndeme R, Tenu F, Kulkarni M, Maxwell CA, Magesa SM and MW Rowland (2008). Comparative efficacies of permethrin-, deltamethrin- and a-cypermethrin-treated nets, against Anopheles arabiensis and Culex quinquefasciatus in northern Tanzania. Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology, Vol. 102, No. 4, 367–376
Oxborough RM, Mosha FW, Matowo J, Mndeme R, Feston E, Hemingway J and MW Rowland (2008). Mosquitoes and bednets: testing the spatial positioning of insecticide on nets and the rationale behind combination insecticide treatments. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 102, 717-727.

2007

Kulkarni MA, Malima R, Mosha FW, Msangi S, Mrema E, Kabula B, Lawrence B, Kinung'hi S, Swilla J, Kisinza W, Rau ME, Miller JE, Schellenberg JA, Maxwell C, Rowland M, Magesa S, and C. Drakeley (2007) Efficacy of pyrethroid-treated nets against malaria vectors and nuisance-biting mosquitoes in Tanzania in areas with long-term insecticide-treated net use Tropical Medicine and International Health 12:1061-73
Mahande AM, Mosha FW, Mahande JM and EJ Kweka (2007) Role of cattle treated with deltamethrine in areas with a high population of Anopheles arabiensis in Moshi, Northern Tanzania. Malaria Journal, 6: 109.
Mahande AM, Mosha F, Mahande J, Kweka EJ (2007) Feeding and resting behaviour of malaria vector, Anopheles arabiensis with reference to zooprophylaxis. Malaria Journal 6: 100

2006

Kulkarni MA, Kweka EJ, Nyale EM, Lyatuu EE, Mosha FW, Chandramohan D, Rau ME and C Drakely (2006) Entomological evaluation of malaria vectors at different altitudes in Hai district, northeastern Tanzania. Journal of Medical Entomology, 43: 580-588
Kulkarni MA, Rowland M, Alifrangis M, Mosha FW, Matowo J, et al. (2006) Occurrence of the leucine-to-phenylalanine knockdown resistance (kdr) mutation in Anopheles arabiensis populations in Tanzania, detected by a simplified high-throughput SSOP-ELISA method. Malaria Journal, 5: 56.

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