Christophe Antonio-Nkondjio

TL;DR: The contribution of the so-called “secondary” malaria vectors to the overall parasite transmission intensity in several sites across Cameroon is highlighted through a retrospective analysis of surveys from the Organisation de Coordination pour la lutte Contre les Endémies en Afrique Centrale database.

TL;DR: The data confirm high selection pressure on mosquitoes originating from urban areas and suggest urban agriculture rather than pollution as the major factor driving resistance to insecticide.

TL;DR: The results indicate that when humans create novel habitats and ecological heterogeneities, they can provide evolutionary opportunities for rapid adaptive niche shifts associated with lineage divergence, whose consequences upon malaria transmission might be significant.

TL;DR: In agreement with expectations based on the pattern of habitat partitioning and exposure to ammonia in larval habitats in Yaounde, the M form showed greater tolerance to ammonia compared to the S form, which may be part of the physiological machinery allowing forest populations of the Mform to colonize polluted larval habitat, which is at the heart of its niche expansion in densely populated human settlements in Cameroon.

TL;DR: In the city of Yaoundé in Cameroon, genes involved in metabolic resistance to DDT are also shared between the M and S forms of An gambiae, analogous to target site resistance.