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Willem Takken
Researcher at Wageningen University and Research Centre
Publications - 369
Citations - 20633
Willem Takken is an academic researcher from Wageningen University and Research Centre. The author has contributed to research in topics: Anopheles gambiae & Malaria. The author has an hindex of 77, co-authored 359 publications receiving 18344 citations. Previous affiliations of Willem Takken include United States Department of Agriculture.
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Odor-mediated behavior of afrotropical malaria mosquitoes
Willem Takken,Bart G. J. Knols +1 more
TL;DR: Olfactory cues govern the various behaviors of female mosquitoes and there is good reason to assume that mating, sugar feeding, and oviposition behavior in Afrotropical malaria vectors may also be mediated by semiochemicals.
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Hitting Hotspots: Spatial Targeting of Malaria for Control and Elimination
Teun Bousema,Jamie T. Griffin,Robert W. Sauerwein,David L. Smith,Thomas S. Churcher,Willem Takken,Azra C. Ghani,Chris Drakeley,Roly Gosling +8 more
TL;DR: It is argued that targeting malaria “hotspots” is a highly efficient way to reduce malaria transmission at all levels of transmission intensity.
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Host preferences of blood-feeding mosquitoes
Willem Takken,Niels O. Verhulst +1 more
TL;DR: Those species that express strong and inherent host-selection behavior belong to the most important vectors of infectious diseases, which suggests that this behavioral trait may have evolved in parallel with parasite-host evolution.
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Entomopathogenic fungi for mosquito control: A review
TL;DR: It is argued that entomopathogenic fungi, both new and existing ones with renewed/improved efficacies may contribute to an expansion of the limited arsenal of effective mosquito control tools, and that they may contribute in a significant and sustainable manner to the control of vector-borne diseases such as malaria, dengue and filariasis.
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An Entomopathogenic Fungus for Control of Adult African Malaria Mosquitoes
Ernst Jan Scholte,Kija R Ng'habi,Japheth Kihonda,Willem Takken,Krijn P. Paaijmans,Salim Abdulla,Gerry F. Killeen,Bart G J Knols,Bart G J Knols +8 more
TL;DR: An entomological inoculation rate model suggests that implementation of this vector control method, even at the observed moderate coverage during a field study in Tanzania, would significantly reduce malaria transmission intensity.