Browsing Gold Collection by Author "Wanjala, Christine"
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Insecticide resistance exerts significant fitness costs in immature stages of Anopheles gambiae in western Kenya
Osoro, Joyce K.; Machani, Maxwell G.; Ochomo, Eric; Wanjala, Christine; Omukunda, Elizabeth; Munga, Stephen; Githeko, Andrew K.; Yan, Guiyun; Afrane, Yaw A. (Malaria Journal, 2021-06-09)Background Despite increasing documentation of insecticide resistance in malaria vectors against public health insecticides in sub-Saharan Africa, there is a paucity of information on the potential fitness costs of ... -
Insecticide resistance exerts significant fitness costs in immature stages of Anopheles gambiae in western Kenya
Osoro, oyce K.; Machani1, Maxwell G.; Ochomo, Eric; Wanjala, Christine; Omukunda, Elizabeth; Munga, Stephen; Githeko, drew K.; Yan, Guiyun; Afrane, Yaw A. (Malaria Journal, 2021-06-09)Background Despite increasing documentation of insecticide resistance in malaria vectors against public health insecticides in sub-Saharan Africa, there is a paucity of information on the potential fitness costs of ... -
Insecticide resistant Anopheles gambiae have enhanced longevity but reduced reproductive fitness and a longer first gonotrophic cycle
Osoro, Joyce K.; Machani, Maxwell G.; Ochomo, Eric; Wanjala, Christine; Omukunda, Elizabeth; Githeko, Andrew K.; Yan, Guiyun; Afrane, Yaw A. (scientific reports, 2022-05-23)Widespread insecticide resistance in African malaria vectors raises concerns over the potential to compromise malaria vector control interventions. Understanding the evolution of resistance mechanisms, and whether the ... -
Phenotypic and Genotypic Antibiotic Resistant diarrheagenic Escherichia coli pathotypes isolated from Children with Diarrhea in Nairobi City, Kenya
Webale, Mark Kilongosi; Guyah, Bernard; Wanjala, Christine; Nyanga, Peter Lokamar; Webale, Sella K; Abonyo, Collins; Kitungulu, Nicholas; Kiboi, Nathan; Bowen, Nancy (Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences, 2020-11-01)Background: The marked genome plasticity of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli promotes emergence of pathotypes displaying unique phenotypic and genotypic resistance. This study examined phenotypic and genotypic antibiotic ...