Moussa Namountougou

No geographical population structure of malaria vectors Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles coluzzii but weak structure in Anopheles arabiensis within Burkina Faso: implications for vector control and gene drive implementation

Abstract Background Malaria control tools are nowadays challenged by the expansion and persistence of insecticide resistance in the malaria vector along with the changes in vector behaviour. To complement and reinforce the existing control tools, innovative vector control methods...

Virological surveillance of chikungunya in Burkina Faso in 2024

Chikungunya is an emerging arbovirus disease transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus Aedes , mainly Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus . Since it was first identified in Tanzania in 1952, the virus has caused numerous epidemics around the world. Despite arbovirus surveillance sinc...