2021 WRIM Publications
Adeogun, A.O., Popoola, K.O.K., Brooke, B.D., Olakiigbe, A.K. & Awolola S.T. 2021. Polymorphic inversion 2La frequencies associated with ecotypes in populations of Anopheles coluzzii from Southwest Nigeria. Scientific African 12: e00746. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2021.e00746
Bath, D., Cook, J., Govere, J., Mathebula, P., Morris, N., Hlongwana, K., Raman, J., Seocharan, I., Zitha, A., Zitha, M., Mabuza, A., Mbokazi, F., Machaba, E., Mabunda, E., Jamesboy, E., Biggs, J., Drakeley, C., Moonasar, D., Maharaj, R., Coetzee, M., Pitt, C. & Kleinschmidt, I. 2021. Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of reactive, targeted indoor residual spraying for malaria control in low transmission settings: a cluster-randomised, non-inferiority trial in South Africa. Lancet 397: 816-827. (IF: 60.392) https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00251-8
Coetzee, M. 2021. De Meillon’s Legacy – Art, Science and War. (Book Review). African Entomology 29: 315. (IF: 0.65) https://doi.org/10.4001/003.029.0315
Ekoka, E., Maharaj, S., Nardini, L., Dahan-Moss, Y. & Koekemoer, L.L. 2021. 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E) signaling as a promising target for the chemical control of malaria vectors. Parasites & Vectors 14:86. (IF: 3.430) https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-04558-5
Guarida, M.M., Riddin, M.A., Johnson, T., Braack, L.E.O., Schrama, M., Gorsich, E.E., Brooke, B.D., Almeida, A.P.G. & Venter, M. 2021. Aedes species (Diptera: Culicidae) ecological and host feeding patterns in the north-eastern parts of South Africa, 2014-2018. Parasites & Vectors 14:339. (IF: 3.430) https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-021-04845-9
Gwarinda, H.B., Tessema, S.K., Raman, J., Greenhouse, B. & Birkholtz, L.M. 2021. Parasite genetic diversity reflects continued residual malaria transmission in Vhembe District, a hotspot in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. Malaria Journal 20: 96. (IF: 3.109) https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03635-z
Kaiser, M.L., Wood, O.R., Damiens, D., Koekemoer, L.L., Brooke, B.D. & Munhenga, G. 2021. Anopheles arabiensis population size and dispersal estimates at Mamfene, Northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and the implications for a planned pilot sterile male mosquito release programme. Parasites & Vectors 14: 205. (IF: 3.430) https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-021-04674-w
Le Manach, C., Dam, J., Woodland, J.G., Kaur, G., Khonde, L.P., Brunschwig, C., Njoroge, M., Wicht, K.J., Horatscheck, A., Paquet, T., Boyle, G.A., Gibhard, L., Taylor, D., Lawrence, N., Yeo, T., Mok, S., Eastman, R.T., Dorjsuren, D., Talley, D.C., Guo, H., Simeonov, A., Reader, J., van der Watt, M., Erlank, E., Venter, N., Zawada, J.W., Aswat, A., Nardini, L., Coetzer, T.L., Lauterbach, S.B., Bezuidenhout, B.C., Theron, A., Mancama, D., Koekemoer, L.L., Birkholtz, L.M., Wittlin, S., Delves, M., Ottilie, S., Winzeler, E.A., von Geldern, T.W., Smith, D., Fidock, D.A., Street, L.J., Basarab, G.S., Duffy, J. & Chibale, K. 2021. Identification and profiling of a novel diazaspiro[3.4]octane chemical series active against multiple stages of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum and optimization efforts. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 64: 2291–2309. (IF: 6.205) https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c00034
Leshabane, M., Dziwornu, G.A., Reader, J., Coertzen, D., Reader, J., Moyo, P., van der Watt, M., Chisanga, K., Nsanzubuhoro, C., Ferger, R., Erlank, E., Venter, N., Koekemoer, L.L., Chibale, K., Birkholtz, L. M. 2021. Benzimidazole derivatives are potent against multiple life cycle stages of Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasites. ACS Infectious Diseases 7: 1945-1955. (IF: 1.614) https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsinfecdis.0c00910
Letini?, B.D., Contreras, M., Dahan-Moss, Y., Linnekugel, I., de la Fuente, J. & Koekemoer, L.L. Additional evidence of the efficacy of different Akirin vaccines on Anopheles arabiensis. Parasites & Vectors 14:209. (IF: 3.430) https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-021-04711-8
Manana, P.N., Jewett, S., Zikhali, J., Dlamini, D., Mabaso, N., Mlambo, Z., Ngobese, R. & Munhenga, G. 2021. “Maskandi experience”: exploring the use of a cultural song for community engagement in preparation for a pilot Sterile Insect Technique release programme for malaria vector control in KwaZulu?Natal Province, South Africa, 2019. Malaria Journal 20:204. (IF: 3.109) https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03736-9
Markus, M.B. 2021. Safety and efficacy of tafenoquine for Plasmodium vivax malaria prophylaxis and radical cure: overview and perspectives. Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management (proof awaited). (IF: 2.423)
McCarthy, K., M., Tempia, S., Kufa, T., Kleynhans, J., Wolter, N., Jassat, W., Ebonwu, J., Von Gottberg, A., Erasmus, L., Muchengeti, M., Walaza, S., Ntshoe, G., Shonhiwa, A. M., Manana, P. N., Pillay, Y., Moonasar, D., Muthivhi, T., Mngemane, S., Mlisana, K., Chetty, K., Blumberg, L., Cohen, C., Govender, N. & Group, COVID-19 Team, The importation and establishment of community transmission of SARS-CoV-2 during the first eight weeks of the South African COVID-19 epidemic. EClinicalMedicine 39: 101072. https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3792114
Moonasar D.M., Davies, C., Balawanth, R., Misiani, E., Shandukani, M.B., Raman, J. & Pillay, Y.G. 2021. Progress, challenges and priorities for malaria elimination in South Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa. Epub ahead of print. (IF: 1.63) https://doi.org/10.1080/0035919X.2021.1890274
Ndwiga L., Kimenyi K.M., Wamae K., Osoti V., Akinyi M., Omede I., Ishengoma D.S., Duah-Quashie N., Andagalu B., Ghansah A., Amambua-Ngwa A., Tukwaibwe S., Tessema S.K., Karema C., Djimde A.A., Dondorp A.M., Raman J., Snow R.W., Bejon P., Ochola-Oyier L.I. 2021. A review of the frequencies of indigenous Plasmodium falciparum Kelch 13 artemisinin resistance mutation in Africa. International Journal of Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance. 16:155-161. (IF: 3.01) https://doi.org /10.1016/j.ijpddr.2021.06.001
Oliver, S.V. 2021. The effect of larval cigarette exposure on the life history of the major malaria vector Anopheles arabiensis (Diptera: Culicidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, (in press). https://doi.org/10.1080/0035919X.2021.1887004
Raman, J., Barnes, K.I., Baker, L., Blaylock, M., Blumberg, L., Frean, J., Misiani, E. & Ukpe, S. 2021. Maintaining focus on administering effective malaria treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic. South African Medical Journal, 111(1):13-16. (IF: 1.285) https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2021.v111i1.15337
Raman, J., Fakudze, P., Sikaala, C.H., Chimumbwa, J. & Moonasar, D. 2021. Eliminating malaria from the margins of transmission in Southern Africa through the Elimination 8 Initiative. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa. Epub ahead of print.(IF: 1.63) https://doi.org/10.1080/0035919X.2021.1915410
Reader, J., Van der Watt, M.E., Taylor, D., Le Manach, C., Mittal, N., Ottilie, S., Theron, A., Moyo, P., Erlank, E., Nardini, L., Venter, N., Lauterbach, S., Bezuidenhout, B., Horatscheck, A., van Heerden, A., Spillman, N., Cowell, A., Connacher, J., Opperman, D., Orchard, L., Llinás, M., Istvan, E., Goldberg, D., Boyle, G.A., Calvo, D., Mancama, D., Coetzer, T.L., Winzeler, E. A., Duffy, J., Koekemoer, L.L., Basarab, G., Chibale, K. & Birkholtz., LM. 2020.
Multistage and transmission-blocking targeted antimalarials discovered from the open-source MMV Pandemic Response Box. Nature Communications 12:269. (IF: 11.80) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20629-8.
Silva, B.E., Koekemoer, L.L. & Dahan-Moss, Y.L. 2021. Midgut bacteria can be identified from preserved Anopheles. Malaria Journal 20: 230. (IF: 3.109) https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03754-7
Stead, D., du Plessis, D., Ming Sun, L., Frean, J., 2021. Anthemosoma garnhami in an HIV-infected man from Zimbabwe living in South Africa. Emerging Infectious Diseases 27(7): 1991-1993. (IF: 6.883) https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2707.204759
Sternberg, E.D., Cook, J., Ahoua Alou, L.P., Assi, S.B., Koffi, A.A., Doudou, D.T., Aoura, C.J., Wolie, R.Z., Oumbouke, W.A., Worrall, E., Kleinschmidt, I., N’Guessan, R. & Thomas, M.B. 2021. Impact and cost-effectiveness of a lethal house lure against malaria transmission in central Cote d’Ivoire: a two-arm, cluster-randomised controlled trial. The Lancet 397: 805-815. (IF: 60.392) https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00250-6
Wragge, S-E., Venter, N., Toure, D., Hunt, R.H. & Coetzee, M. 2021. New distribution record of Anopheles rivulorum-like from Sadiola, Mali, with notes on malaria vector insecticide resistance. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene 115: 495-499. (IF: 1.868) https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traa113
Zengenene, M.P., Munhenga, G., Chidumwa, G. & Koekemoer, L.L. 2021. Characterization of life-history parameters of an Anopheles funestus (Diptera: Culicidae) Laboratory strain. Journal of Vector Ecology 46 (1): 24-30). (IF: 1.671) https://doi.org/10.52707/1081-1710-46.1.24
Vosloo, M.N., Opperman, C.J., Geyer, H.D.W., Setshedi, G.M., Allam, M., Kwenda, S., Ismail, A., Khumalo, Z.T.H., Brink, A.J., Frean, J.A., Rossouw, J., 2021. First confirmed case of infant botulism in Africa, caused by a dual-toxin-producing Clostridium botulinum strain. International Journal of Infectious Diseases 103: 164-166. (IF: 3.623) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.11.131