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Integrated vector management for malaria control by Beier, John C, Keating, Joseph, Githure, John I, Macdonald, Michael B, Impoinvil, Daniel E, Novak, Robert J

“…Integrated vector management (IVM) is defined as "a rational decision-making process for the optimal use of resources for vector control" and includes five key…”
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Multi-Indicator and Multistep Assessment of Malaria Transmission Risks in Western Kenya by Zhou, Guofa, Zhong, Daibin, Lee, Ming-Chieh, Wang, Xiaoming, Atieli, Harrysone E, Githure, John I, Githeko, Andrew K, Kazura, James, Yan, Guiyun

“…Malaria risk factor assessment is a critical step in determining cost-effective intervention strategies and operational plans in a regional setting. We develop…”
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Irrigation-Induced Environmental Changes Sustain Malaria Transmission and Compromise Intervention Effectiveness by Zhou, Guofa, Hemming-Schroeder, Elizabeth, Jeang, Brook, Wang, Xiaoming, Zhong, Daibin, Lee, Ming-Chieh, Li, Yiji, Bradley, Lauren, Gobran, Sabrina R, David, Randy E, Ondeto, Benyl M, Orondo, Pauline, Atieli, Harrysone, Githure, John I, Githeko, Andrew K, Kazura, James, Yan, Guiyun

“…Irrigated agriculture enhances food security, but it potentially promotes mosquito-borne disease transmission and affects vector intervention effectiveness…”
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Adaptive interventions for optimizing malaria control: an implementation study protocol for a block-cluster randomized, sequential multiple assignment trial by Zhou, Guofa, Lee, Ming-Chieh, Atieli, Harrysone E, Githure, John I, Githeko, Andrew K, Kazura, James W, Yan, Guiyun

“…In the past two decades, the massive scale-up of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS) has led to significant reductions in…”
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Insecticide resistance and its intensity in urban Anopheles arabiensis in Kisumu City, Western Kenya: Implications for malaria control in urban areas by Machani, Maxwell G, Nzioki, Irene, Onyango, Shirley A, Onyango, Brenda, Githure, John, Atieli, Harrysone, Wang, Chloe, Lee, Ming-Chieh, Githeko, Andrew K, Afrane, Yaw A, Ochomo, Eric, Yan, Guiyun

“…Background The rise of insecticide resistance poses a growing challenge to the effectiveness of vector control tools, particularly in rural areas. However, the…”
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Shifts in malaria vector species composition and transmission dynamics along the Kenyan coast over the past 20 years by Mwangangi, Joseph M, Mbogo, Charles M, Orindi, Benedict O, Muturi, Ephantus J, Midega, Janet T, Nzovu, Joseph, Gatakaa, Hellen, Githure, John, Borgemeister, Christian, Keating, Joseph, Beier, John C

“…Over the past 20 years, numerous studies have investigated the ecology and behaviour of malaria vectors and Plasmodium falciparum malaria transmission on the…”
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Genome-block expression-assisted association studies discover malaria resistance genes in Anopheles gambiae by Li, Jun, Wang, Xiaohong, Zhang, Genwei, Githure, John I., Yan, Guiyun, James, Anthony A.

“…The malaria parasite-resistance island (PRI) of the african mosquito vector, Anopheles gambiae, was mapped to five genomic regions containing 80 genes, using…”
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Malaria transmission heterogeneity in different eco-epidemiological areas of western Kenya: a region-wide observational and risk classification study for adaptive intervention planning by Zhou, Guofa, Githure, John, Lee, Ming-Chieh, Zhong, Daibin, Wang, Xiaoming, Atieli, Harrysone, Githeko, Andrew K, Kazura, James, Yan, Guiyun

“…Understanding of malaria ecology is a prerequisite for designing locally adapted control strategies in resource-limited settings. The aim of this study was to…”
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Enhancing Malaria Research, Surveillance, and Control in Endemic Areas of Kenya and Ethiopia by Githure, John I, Yewhalaw, Delenasaw, Atieli, Harrysone, Hemming-Schroeder, Elizabeth, Lee, Ming-Chieh, Wang, Xiaoming, Zhou, Guofa, Zhong, Daibin, King, Christopher L, Dent, Arlene, Mukabana, Wolfgang Richard, Degefa, Teshome, Hsu, Kuolin, Githeko, Andrew K, Okomo, Gordon, Dayo, Lilyana, Tushune, Kora, Omondi, Charles O, Taffese, Hiwot S, Kazura, James W, Yan, Guiyun

“…Malaria control programs in Africa encounter daunting challenges that hinder progressive steps toward elimination of the disease. These challenges include…”
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Risk associations of submicroscopic malaria infection in lakeshore, plateau and highland areas of Kisumu County in western Kenya by Otambo, Wilfred Ouma, Omondi, Collince J, Ochwedo, Kevin O, Onyango, Patrick O, Atieli, Harrysone, Lee, Ming-Chieh, Wang, Chloe, Zhou, Guofa, Githeko, Andrew K, Githure, John, Ouma, Collins, Yan, Guiyun, Kazura, James

“…Persons with submicroscopic malaria infection are a major reservoir of gametocytes that sustain malaria transmission in sub-Saharan Africa. Despite recent…”
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Community case management of malaria in Western Kenya: performance of community health volunteers in active malaria case surveillance by Otambo, Wilfred Ouma, Ochwedo, Kevin O, Omondi, Collince J, Lee, Ming-Chieh, Wang, Chloe, Atieli, Harrysone, Githeko, Andew K, Zhou, Guofa, Kazura, James, Githure, John, Yan, Guiyun

“…In western Kenya, not all malaria cases are reported as stipulated in the community case management of malaria (CCMm) strategy. This underreporting affects the…”
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Impact of Environmental Modifications on the Ecology, Epidemiology, and Pathogenesis of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax Malaria in East Africa by Yan, Guiyun, Lee, Ming-Chieh, Zhou, Guofa, Jiang, Ai-Ling, Degefa, Teshome, Zhong, Daibin, Wang, Xiaoming, Hemming-Schroeder, Elizabeth, Mukabana, Wolfgang R, Dent, Arlene E, King, Christopher L, Hsu, Kuolin, Beeson, James, Githure, John I, Atieli, Harrysone, Githeko, Andrew K, Yewhalaw, Delenasaw, Kazura, James W

“…Food insecurity, recurrent famine, and poverty threaten the health of millions of African residents. Construction of dams and rural irrigation schemes is key…”
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Insecticide resistance status of Anopheles arabiensis in irrigated and non-irrigated areas in western Kenya by Orondo, Pauline Winnie, Nyanjom, Steven G, Atieli, Harrysone, Githure, John, Ondeto, Benyl M, Ochwedo, Kevin O, Omondi, Collince J, Kazura, James W, Lee, Ming-Chieh, Zhou, Guofa, Zhong, Daibin, Githeko, Andrew K, Yan, Guiyun

“…Abstract Background Malaria control in Kenya is based on case management and vector control using long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) and indoor residual…”
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Health care provider practices in diagnosis and treatment of malaria in rural communities in Kisumu County, Kenya by Otambo, Wilfred Ouma, Olumeh, Julius O, Ochwedo, Kevin O, Magomere, Edwin O, Debrah, Isaiah, Ouma, Collins, Onyango, Patrick, Atieli, Harrysone, Mukabana, Wolfgang R, Wang, Chloe, Lee, Ming-Chieh, Githeko, Andrew K, Zhou, Guofa, Githure, John, Kazura, James, Yan, Guiyun

“…Accurate malaria diagnosis and appropriate treatment at local health facilities are critical to reducing morbidity and human reservoir of infectious…”
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Effect of discriminative plant-sugar feeding on the survival and fecundity of Anopheles gambiae by Manda, Hortance, Gouagna, Louis C, Foster, Woodbridge A, Jackson, Robert R, Beier, John C, Githure, John I, Hassanali, Ahmed

“…A previous study showed for Anopheles gambiae s.s. a gradation of feeding preference on common plant species growing in a malaria holoendemic area in western…”
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Clinical malaria incidence and health seeking pattern in geographically heterogeneous landscape of western Kenya by Otambo, Wilfred Ouma, Onyango, Patrick O, Ochwedo, Kevin, Olumeh, Julius, Onyango, Shirley A, Orondo, Pauline, Atieli, Harrysone, Lee, Ming-Chieh, Wang, Chloe, Zhong, Daibin, Githeko, Andrew, Zhou, Guofa, Githure, John, Ouma, Collins, Yan, Guiyun, Kazura, James

“…Abstract Background Malaria remains a public health problem in Kenya despite sustained interventions deployed by the government. One of the major impediments…”
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Influence of landscape heterogeneity on entomological and parasitological indices of malaria in Kisumu, Western Kenya by Otambo, Wilfred Ouma, Onyango, Patrick O, Wang, Chloe, Olumeh, Julius, Ondeto, Benyl M, Lee, Ming-Chieh, Atieli, Harrysone, Githeko, Andrew K, Kazura, James, Zhong, Daibin, Zhou, Guofa, Githure, John, Ouma, Collins, Yan, Guiyun

“…Abstract Background Identification and characterization of larval habitats, documentation of Anopheles spp. composition and abundance, and Plasmodium spp…”
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Topography and malaria transmission heterogeneity in western Kenya highlands: prospects for focal vector control by Githeko, Andrew K, Ayisi, John M, Odada, Peter K, Atieli, Francis K, Ndenga, Bryson A, Githure, John I, Yan, Guiyun

“…Recent resurgence of malaria in the highlands of Western Kenya has called for a more comprehensive understanding of the previously neglected complex highland…”
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Moderate Effect of Artemisinin-Based Combination Therapy on Transmission of Plasmodium falciparum by Bousema, J. Teun, Schneider, Petra, Gouagna, Louis C., Drakeley, Chris J., Tostmann, Alma, Houben, Rein, Githure, John I., Ord, Rosalynn, Sutherland, Colin J., Omar, Sabah A., Sauerwein, Robert W.

“…BackgroundArtemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) reduces microscopically confirmed gametocytemia and mosquito infection. However, molecular techniques…”
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Hyper-prevalence of submicroscopic Plasmodium falciparum infections in a rural area of western Kenya with declining malaria cases by Ochwedo, Kevin O, Omondi, Collince J, Magomere, Edwin O, Olumeh, Julius O, Debrah, Isaiah, Onyango, Shirley A, Orondo, Pauline W, Ondeto, Benyl M, Atieli, Harrysone E, Ogolla, Sidney O, Githure, John, Otieno, Antony C A, Githeko, Andrew K, Kazura, James W, Mukabana, Wolfgang R, Guiyan, Yan

“…The gold standard for diagnosing Plasmodium falciparum infection is microscopic examination of Giemsa-stained peripheral blood smears. The effectiveness of…”
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