Journal Articles: 2021

2021

Nganso B.T. and Torto B. (2021) The effects of crude propolis, its volatiles and ethanolic extracts on the ecto-parasitic mite, Varroa destructor and health of the African savannah honey bee, Apis mellifera scutellata. Parasitology, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182021000305.

Ng’etich A., Voyi K. and Mutero C.M. (2021) Evaluation of health surveillance system attributes: the case of neglected tropical diseases in Kenya. BMC Public Health 21, 396. https://doi.org/310.1186/s12889-12021-10443-12882. 

Ng’etich A.K.S., Voyi K. and Mutero C. (2021) Assessment of surveillance core and support functions regarding neglected tropical diseases in Kenya. BMC Public Health 21, 142. https://doi.org/110.1186/s12889-12021-10185-12881.

Ng’etich A.K.S., Voyi K., Kirinyet R.C. and Mutero C.M. (2021) Systematic review: A systematic review on improving implementation of the revitalised integrated disease surveillance and response system in the African region: A health workers' perspective.

Njoroge M.M., Fillinger U., Saddler A., Moore S., Takken W., van Loon J.J.A. and Hiscox A. (2021) Evaluating putative repellent ‘push’ and attractive ‘pull’ components for manipulating the odour orientation of host-seeking malaria vectors in the peri-domestic space. Parasites & Vectors 14, 42.  https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-13020-04556-13077.

Nkya T.E., Fillinger U., Dlamini M., Sangoro P.O., Marubu R., Zulu Z., Chanda E., Mutero C.M. and Dlamini Q. (2021) Case study: Malaria in Eswatini, 2012–2019: A case study of the elimination effort. Malaria Journal 20, 159.

Nyasembe V., Tchouassi D., Muturi M.N., Pirk C., Sole C. and Torto B. (2021) Plant nutrient quality impacts survival and reproductive fitness of the dengue vector Aedes aegypti. Parasites & Vectors 14, 4. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-13020-04519-y.

Ochola J., Coyne D., Cortada L., Haukeland S., Ng'ang'a M., Hassanali A., Opperman C. and Torto B. (2021) Cyst nematode bio‐communication with plants: Implications for novel management approaches. Pest Management Science 77, 1150–1159.  https://doi.org/11

Okello E.N., Amugune N.O., Mukiama T.K. and Lattorff H.M.G. (2021) Abundance and community composition of flower visiting insects of avocado (Persea americana) in the East African Region. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, https://doi.org/1

Olaide O.Y., Tchouassi D., Yusuf A.A., Pirk C., Masiga D., Saini R. and Torto B. (2021) Effect of zebra skin-derived compounds on field catches of the human African trypanosomiasis vector Glossina fuscipes fuscipes. Acta Tropica 213, 105745. 

Owino B.O., Mwangi J.M., Kiplagat S., Mwangi H.N., Ingonga J.M., Chebet A., Ngumbi P.M., Villinger J., Masiga D.K. and Matoke-Muhia D. (2021) Molecular detection of Leishmania donovani, Leishmania major, and Trypanosoma species in Sergentomyia squamipleuris sand flies from a visceral leishmaniasis focus in Merti sub‑County, eastern Kenya. Parasites & Vectors 14, 53.  https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-13020-04517-13070. 

Pieterse A., Rowson B., Tiedt L., Malan A.P., Haukeland S. and Ross J.L. (2020) Phasmarhabditis kenyaensis n. sp.(Nematoda: Rhabditidae) from the slug, Polytoxon robustum, in Kenya. Nematology 23, 229–245.  https://doi.org/210.1163/15685411-bja15610040.

Quicke D.L.J., Copeland R.S. and Butcher B.A. (2020) A new species of the Afrotropical braconine (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) parasitoid wasp genus Doggerella with remarkable ovipositer sheaths. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 122, 890–895.

Rao I.M., Delhaize M. and Chen C.C. (2021) Editorial: Root adaptations to multiple stress factors. Frontiers in Plant Science 11, 626960.  https://doi.org/626910.623389/fpls.622020.626960. 

Scheidegger L., Niassy S., Midega C., Chiriboga X., Delabays N., Lefort F., Zürcher R., Hailu G., Khan  Z. R. and Subramanian S. (2021) The role of Desmodium intortum, Brachiaria sp. and Phaseolus vulgaris in the management of fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) in maize cropping systems in Africa. Pest Management Science, https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.6261.