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University of Liverpool: Liverpool, Merseyside, GB

2011 to 2012 | MSc Science (Biology and Control of Parasite and Disease Vectors (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine)
Education
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Funding (2)

Improved Entomological Monitoring in Tanzania

2022-09 to 2027-09 | Grant
PMI (Washington, US)
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Risk-assessment of Vector-borne Diseases Based on Deep Learning and Remote Sensing

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Works (32)

Pyrethroid-resistant malaria vector Anopheles gambiae restored susceptibility after pre-exposure to piperonyl-butoxide: results from country-wide insecticide resistance monitoring in Tanzania, 2023

Malaria Journal
2024-12-21 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1475-2875
Contributors: Bilali Kabula; Yeromin P. Mlacha; Naomi Serbantez; Samwel L. Nhiga; Sigsbert Mkude; Samson Kiware; James S. Michael; Victor Mero; Sarah-Blythe Ballard; Adeline Chan et al.
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Risk of Aedes-borne diseases in and around the Tanzanian seaport of Tanga despite community members being more concerned about malaria

Parasites & Vectors
2024-12-18 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1756-3305
Contributors: Amri S. Abas; Alfred J. Simfukwe; John P. Masalu; Najat F. Kahamba; Ismail H. Nambunga; Dickson S. Msaky; Alex J. Limwagu; Abdallah R. Kipekepeke; Carsten Wergin; Rukiyah M. Njalambaha et al.
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Deciphering the climate-malaria nexus: A machine learning approach in rural southeastern Tanzania.

Public health
2024-12-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Zheng JX; Lu SN; Li Q; Li YJ; Xue JB; Gavana T; Chaki P; Xiao N; Mlacha Y; Wang DQ et al.
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The 1,7-malaria reactive community-based testing and response (1,7-mRCTR) approach in Tanzania: a cost-effectiveness analysis.

Infectious diseases of poverty
2024-12-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Radhika Tampi; Wang D; Abdulla S; Mahende MK; Gavana T; Msuya HM; Kuwawenaruwa A; Mihayo M; Brown F; Masanja H et al.
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The non-inferiority of piperonyl-butoxide Yorkool<sup>®</sup> G3 insecticide-treated nets compared to Olyset®Plus measured by Anopheles arabiensis mortality in experimental huts in Tanzania.

Malaria journal
2024-10-16 | Journal article
Contributors: Odufuwa OG; Maasayi MS; Mbuba E; Ntabaliba W; Philipo R; Ngonyani S; Mpelepele AB; Matanila I; Ngonyani H; Moore J et al.
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Effects of a blood-free mosquito diet on fitness and gonotrophic cycle parameters of laboratory reared Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto.

Parasites & vectors
2024-07-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Mosi FA; Rutha I; Velez R; Swai JK; Mlacha YP; Joana Marques; Henrique Silveira; Tarimo BB
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Development of innovative tripartite partnership for China's engagement in global health: recommendations from China-Tanzania Cooperation Project on Malaria Control.

Infectious diseases of poverty
2024-03-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Ma X; Lu S; Ding W; Deng S; Wang D; Xiao N; Mlacha Y; Husain L; Zhou X
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Dynamics of malaria vector composition and Plasmodium falciparum infection in mainland Tanzania: 2017-2021 data from the national malaria vector entomological surveillance.

Malaria journal
2024-01-19 | Journal article
Contributors: Mwalimu CD; Kiware S; Nshama R; Derua Y; Machafuko P; Gitanya P; Mwafongo W; Bernard J; Emidi B; Mwingira V et al.
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Impact of 1,7-malaria reactive community-based testing and response (1,7-mRCTR) approach on malaria prevalence in Tanzania.

Infectious diseases of poverty
2023-12-18 | Journal article | Author
Contributors: Chang W; Cohen J; Wang DQ; Abdulla S; Mahende MK; Gavana T; Scott V; Msuya HM; Mwanyika-Sando M; Njau RJA et al.
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Quality of reporting and trends of emergency obstetric and neonatal care indicators: an analysis from Tanzania district health information system data between 2016 and 2020.

BMC pregnancy and childbirth
2023-10-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Shabani J; Masanja H; Sophia Kagoye; Jacqueline Minja; Bajaria S; Mlacha Y; Msuya S; Masoud M; Simba D; Pembe AB et al.
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Exploring activities and behaviours potentially increases school-age children's vulnerability to malaria infections in south-eastern Tanzania.

Malaria journal
2023-10-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Kihwele F; Gavana T; Makungu C; Msuya HM; Mlacha YP; Govella NJ; Chaki PP; Bruno Sunguya
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Comparative evaluation of different versions of exposure-free mosquito electrocuting traps and barrier screen trap for monitoring outdoor densities and biting time phenotypes by malaria and filariasis vectors in Tanzania.

Parasites & vectors
2022-11-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Victoria Githu; Maneno Edson Baravuga; Mbarawa A; Msuya HM; Mlacha YP; Chaki PP; Kiware S; Mirzai N; Ferguson HM; Nicodem Govella
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Participatory approaches for raising awareness among subsistence farmers in Tanzania about the spread of insecticide resistance in malaria vectors and the possible link to improper agricultural pesticide use

Malaria Journal
2022-09-30 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1475-2875
Contributors: Nancy Stephen Matowo; Marcel Tanner; Benigni Alfred Temba; Marceline Finda; Yeromin Paul Mlacha; Jürg Utzinger; Fredros Oketch Okumu
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Evaluation of Malaria Standard Microscopy and Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Screening - Southern Tanzania, 2018-2019.

China CDC weekly
2022-07-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Lin K; Li M; Wang D; Luo F; Lu S; Michael MG; Mlacha Y; Chaki P; Xiao N; Zhou XN
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Real-time dispersal of malaria vectors in rural Africa monitored with lidar.

PloS one
2021-03-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Samuel Jansson; Malmqvist E; Mlacha Y; Ignell R; Okumu F; Gerry Killeen; Carsten Kirkeby; Mikkel Brydegaard
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Effectiveness of the innovative 1,7-malaria reactive community-based testing and response (1, 7-mRCTR) approach on malaria burden reduction in Southeastern Tanzania

Malaria Journal
2020-12 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 1475-2875
Contributors: 0000-0001-8879-7066; Duoquan Wang; Prosper P. Chaki; Tegemeo Gavana; Zhengbin Zhou; Mihayo G. Michael; Rashid Khatib; Godlove Chila; Hajirani M. Msuya; Exavery Chaki et al.
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Reduced human-biting preferences of the African malaria vectors Anopheles arabiensis and Anopheles gambiae in an urban context: controlled, competitive host-preference experiments in Tanzania

Malaria Journal
2020-12 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 1475-2875
Contributors: 0000-0001-8879-7066; Prosper P. Chaki; Athuman Muhili; Dennis J. Massue; Marcel Tanner; Silas Majambere; Gerry F. Killen; Nicodem J. Govella
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Knowledge, attitudes and bite prevention practices and estimation of productivity of vector breeding sites using a Habitat Suitability Score (HSS) among households with confirmed dengue in the 2014 outbreak in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2020-07-02 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 1935-2735
Contributors: Daniel Msellemu; Tegemeo Gavana; Hassan Ngonyani; 0000-0001-8879-7066; Prosper Chaki; Sarah J. Moore
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Household factors associated with access to insecticide-treated nets and house modification in Bagamoyo and Ulanga districts, Tanzania.

Malaria journal
2020-06-23 | Journal article
Contributors: Olukayode Odufuwa; Amanda Ross; Mlacha YP; Juma O; Mmbaga S; Msellemu D; Sarah Moore
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Lidar reveals activity anomaly of malaria vectors during pan-African eclipse

Science Advances
2020-05-15 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 2375-2548
Contributors: Mikkel Brydegaard; Samuel Jansson; Elin Malmqvist; 0000-0001-8879-7066; Alem Gebru; Fredros Okumu; Gerry Killeen; Carsten Kirkeby
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Application of community-based and integrated strategy to reduce malaria disease burden in southern Tanzania: the study protocol of China-UK-Tanzania pilot project on malaria control

Infectious Diseases of Poverty
2019-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2049-9957
Contributors: Duoquan Wang; Prosper Chaki; Yeromin Mlacha; Tegemeo Gavana; Mihayo Gabriel Michael; Rashid Khatibu; Jun Feng; Zheng-Bin Zhou; Kang-Ming Lin; Shang Xia et al.
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Attribution of reductions in malaria prevalence in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania - Authors' reply.

The Lancet. Planetary health
2019-06-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Killeen GF; Govella NJ; Mlacha YP; Chaki PP
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Pathways and associated costs of care in patients with confirmed and presumptive tuberculosis in Tanzania: A cross-sectional study

BMJ Open
2019-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2044-6055
Part of ISSN: 2044-6055
Contributors: Grace Mhalu; Jerry Hella; Francis Mhimbira; Khadija Said; Thomas Mosabi; Yeromin P Mlacha; Christian Schindler; Sébastien Gagneux; Klaus Reither; Kees de Hoogh et al.
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Suppression of malaria vector densities and human infection prevalence associated with scale-up of mosquito-proofed housing in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: re-analysis of an observational series of parasitological and entomological surveys

The Lancet Planetary Health
2019-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2542-5196
Contributors: Gerry F Killeen; Nicodem J Govella; Yeromin P Mlacha; Prosper P Chaki
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Epidemiological characterization of malaria in rural southern Tanzania following China-Tanzania pilot joint malaria control baseline survey

Malaria Journal
2018-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1475-2875
Contributors: Rashid A. Khatib; Prosper P. Chaki; Duo-Quan Wang; Yeromin P. Mlacha; Michael G. Mihayo; Tegemeo Gavana; Ning Xiao; Xiao-Nong Zhou; Salim Abdullah
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Outdoor malaria transmission risks and social life: a qualitative study in South-Eastern Tanzania

Malaria Journal
2018-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1475-2875
Contributors: Irene R. Moshi; Lenore Manderson; Halfan S. Ngowo; Yeromin P. Mlacha; Fredros O. Okumu; Ladislaus L. Mnyone
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Distinct clinical characteristics and helminth co-infections in adult tuberculosis patients from urban compared to rural Tanzania.

Infectious diseases of poverty
2018-03-24 | Journal article
Contributors: Sikalengo G; Jerry Hella; Francis Mhimbira; Liliana K Rutaihwa; Bani F; Robert Ndege; Sasamalo M; Kamwela L; Said K; Mhalu G et al.
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Fine scale mapping of malaria infection clusters by using routinely collected health facility data in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Geospatial Health
2017-05-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1970-7096
Part of ISSN: 1827-1987
Contributors: Yeromin P. Mlacha; Prosper P. Chaki; Alpha D. Malishee; Victoria M. Mwakalinga; Nicodem J. Govella; Alex J. Limwagu; John M. Paliga; Daniel F. Msellemu; Zawadi D. Mageni; Dianne J. Terlouw et al.
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Spatially aggregated clusters and scattered smaller loci of elevated malaria vector density and human infection prevalence in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Malaria Journal
2016-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1475-2875
Contributors: Victoria M. Mwakalinga; Benn K. D. Sartorius; Yeromin P. Mlacha; Daniel F. Msellemu; Alex J. Limwagu; Zawadi D. Mageni; John M. Paliga; Nicodem J. Govella; Maureen Coetzee; Gerry F. Killeen et al.
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The epidemiology of residual Plasmodium falciparum malaria transmission and infection burden in an African city with high coverage of multiple vector control measures

Malaria Journal
2016-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1475-2875
Contributors: Daniel Msellemu; Hagai I. Namango; Victoria M. Mwakalinga; Alex J. Ntamatungiro; Yeromin Mlacha; Zacharia J. Mtema; Samson Kiware; Neil F. Lobo; Silas Majambere; Stefan Dongus et al.
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Advantages and limitations of commercially available electrocuting grids for studying mosquito behaviour

Parasites & Vectors
2013-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1756-3305
Contributors: Silas Majambere; Dennis J Massue; Yeromin Mlacha; Nicodem J Govella; Steven M Magesa; Gerry F Killeen
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An affordable, quality-assured community-based system for high-resolution entomological surveillance of vector mosquitoes that reflects human malaria infection risk patterns

Malaria Journal
2012-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1475-2875
Contributors: Prosper P Chaki; Yeromin Mlacha; Daniel Msellemu; Athuman Muhili; Alpha D Malishee; Zacharia J Mtema; Samson S Kiware; Ying Zhou; Neil F Lobo; Tanya L Russell et al.
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