Nancy Endersby

Insecticide resistance in malaria and arbovirus vectors in Papua New Guinea, 2017-2022.

Michelle Katusele, Solomon Lagur, Nancy Endersby-Harshman, Samuel Demok, Joelyn Goi, Naomi Vincent, Muker Sakur, Absalom Dau, Lemen Kilepak, Stephen Gideon, Christine Pombreaw, Leo Makita, Ary Hoffmann, Leanne J Robinson, Moses Laman, Stephan Karl

Journal article  |  2022  |  Parasit Vectors

BACKGROUND: Insecticide resistance (IR) monitoring is essential for evidence-based control of mosquito-borne diseases. While wides..

Wolbachia inhibits ovarian formation and increases blood feeding rate in female Aedes aegypti

Meng-Jia Lau, Perran A Ross, Nancy M Endersby-Harshman, Qiong Yang, Ary A Hoffmann

Journal article  |  2022  |  PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES

Wolbachia, a gram-negative endosymbiotic bacterium widespread in arthropods, is well-known for changing the reproduction of its ho..

Extensive public health initiatives drive the elimination of Aedes aegypti (Diptera, Culicidae) from a town in regional Queensland: A case study from Gin Gin, Australia

Brendan J Trewin, Brian Montgomery, Tim Hurst, Jason Gilmore, Nancy Endersby-Harshman, Greg J Crisp

Journal article  |  2022  |  PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES

Aedes aegypti is the primary vector of exotic arboviruses (dengue, chikungunya and Zika) in Australia. Once established across muc..

A wAlbB Wolbachia Transinfection Displays Stable Phenotypic Effects across Divergent Aedes aegypti Mosquito Backgrounds

Perran A Ross, Xinyue Gu, Katie L Robinson, Qiong Yang, Ellen Cottingham, Yifan Zhang, Heng Lin Yeap, Xuefen Xu, Nancy M Endersby-Harshman, Ary A Hoffmann

Journal article  |  2021  |  APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Aedes mosquitoes harboring intracellular Wolbachia bacteria are being released in arbovirus and mosquito control programs. With re..

A diagnostic primer pair to distinguish between wMel and wAlbB Wolbachia infections

Meng-Jia Lau, Ary A Hoffmann, Nancy M Endersby-Harshman

Journal article  |  2021  |  PLOS ONE

Detection of the Wolbachia endosymbiont in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes through real-time polymerase chain reaction assays is widely u..

Improving mosquito control strategies with population genomics

Thomas L Schmidt, Nancy M Endersby-Harshman, Ary A Hoffmann

Journal article  |  2021  |  TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

Mosquito control strategies increasingly apply knowledge from population genomics research. This review highlights recent applicat..

Voltage-sensitive sodium channel (Vssc) mutations associated with pyrethroid insecticide resistance in Aedes aegypti (L.) from two districts of Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: baseline information for a Wolbachia release program

Nancy M Endersby-Harshman, AboElgasim Ali, Basim Alhumrani, Mohammed Abdullah Alkuriji, Mohammed B Al-Fageeh, Abdulaziz Al-Malik, Mohammed S Alsuabeyl, Samia Elfekih, Ary A Hoffmann

Journal article  |  2021  |  PARASITES & VECTORS

BACKGROUND: Dengue suppression often relies on control of the mosquito vector, Aedes aegypti, through applications of insecticides..

Impacts of Low Temperatures on Wolbachia (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae)-Infected Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)

Meng-Jia Lau, Perran A Ross, Nancy M Endersby-Harshman, Ary A Hoffmann

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

In recent decades, the occurrence and distribution of arboviral diseases transmitted by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes has increased. In..

Frequency of kdr mutations in the voltage-sensitive sodium channel (V-SSC) gene in Aedes aegypti from Yogyakarta and implications for Wolbachia-infected mosquito trials

Juli Rochmijati Wuliandari, Ary A Hoffmann, Warsito Tantowijoyo, Nancy M Endersby-Harshman

Journal article  |  2020  |  PARASITES & VECTORS

Background In the inner city of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, insecticide resistance is expected in the main dengue vector, Aedes aegypti..

Characterization of Sodium Channel Mutations in the Dengue Vector MosquitoesAedesaegyptiandAedesalbopictuswithin the Context of OngoingWolbachiaReleases in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Noor Afizah Ahmad, Nancy M Endersby-Harshman, Nur Ruqqayah Mohd Mazni, Nur Zatil Aqmar Mohd Zabari, Siti Nor Syazwani Amran, Muhammad Kamarul Ridhuan Ghazali, Mohd Arif Abdul Karim, Yoon Ling Cheong, Steven P Sinkins, Nazni Wasi Ahmad, Ary A Hoffmann

Journal article  |  2020  |  INSECTS

Specific sodium channel gene mutations confer target site resistance to pyrethroid insecticides in mosquitoes and other insects. I..