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Andrew Y Kitua; L E G Mboera; Stephen M Magesa; Caroline A Maxwell; Christopher F Curtis
The untapped potential of bed nets.
Robert Malima; Stephen M Magesa; Patrick K Tungu; Victor Mwingira; Frank S Magogo; Wema Sudi; Frank Mosha; Christopher F Curtis; Caroline Maxwell; Mark Rowland
An experimental hut evaluation of Olyset nets against anopheline mosquitoes after seven years use in Tanzanian villages.
Christopher F Curtis; Caroline A Maxwell; Stephen M Magesa; Rwehumbiza T Rwegoshora; T J Wilkes
Insecticide-treated bed-nets for malaria mosquito control.

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2008: Andrew Y Kitua; L E G Mboera; Stephen M Magesa; Caroline A Maxwell; Christopher F Curtis
The untapped potential of bed nets.
Science (New York, N.Y.) 2008;319(5865):900.
2008: Robert Malima; Stephen M Magesa; Patrick K Tungu; Victor Mwingira; Frank S Magogo; Wema Sudi; Frank Mosha; Christopher F Curtis; Caroline Maxwell; Mark Rowland
An experimental hut evaluation of Olyset nets against anopheline mosquitoes after seven years use in Tanzanian villages.
Malaria journal 2008;7():38.
2006: Christopher F Curtis; Caroline A Maxwell; Stephen M Magesa; Rwehumbiza T Rwegoshora; T J Wilkes
Insecticide-treated bed-nets for malaria mosquito control.
Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 2006;22(3):501-6.
2006: Caroline A Maxwell; J Myamba; J Magoma; Rwehumbiza T Rwegoshora; Stephen M Magesa; Christopher F Curtis
Tests of Olyset nets by bioassay and in experimental huts.
Journal of vector borne diseases 2006;43(1):1-6.
2006: HV Pates; Willem Takken; Christopher F Curtis; H Jamet
Zoophilic Anopheles quadriannulatus species B found in a human habitation in Ethiopia.
Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology 2006;100(2):177-9.
2006: Caroline A Maxwell; Rwehumbiza T Rwegoshora; Stephen M Magesa; Christopher F Curtis
Comparison of coverage with insecticide-treated nets in a Tanzanian town and villages where nets and insecticide are either marketed or provided free of charge.
Malaria journal 2006;5():44.
2005: Yuwadee Trongtokit; Christopher F Curtis; Yupha Rongsriyam
Efficacy of repellent products against caged and free flying Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes.
The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health 2005;36(6):1423-31.
2005: M H Andreasen; Christopher F Curtis
Optimal life stage for radiation sterilization of Anopheles males and their fitness for release.
Medical and veterinary entomology 2005;19(3):238-44.
2005: Kate Graham; MH Kayedi; C Maxwell; Harparkash Kaur; H Rehman; Robert Malima; Christopher F Curtis; Jo Lines; Mark Rowland
Multi-country field trials comparing wash-resistance of PermaNet and conventional insecticide-treated nets against anopheline and culicine mosquitoes.
Medical and veterinary entomology 2005;19(1):72-83.
2005: Alex N Asidi; Raphael N'Guessan; Alphonsine A Koffi; Christopher F Curtis; Jean-Marc Hougard; Fabrice Chandre; Vincent Corbel; Frédéric Darriet; Morteza Zaim; Mark Rowland
Experimental hut evaluation of bednets treated with an organophosphate (chlorpyrifos-methyl) or a pyrethroid (lambdacyhalothrin) alone and in combination against insecticide-resistant Anopheles gambiae and Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes.
Malaria journal 2005;4(1):25.
2004: A M G M Yapabandara; Christopher F Curtis
Vectors and malaria transmission in a gem mining area in Sri Lanka.
Journal of vector ecology : journal of the Society for Vector Ecology 2004;29(2):264-76.
2004: A M G M Yapabandara; Christopher F Curtis
Control of vectors and incidence of malaria in an irrigated settlement scheme in Sri Lanka by using the insect growth regulator pyriproxyfen.
Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 2004;20(4):395-400.
2004: Jan Kolaczinski; Christopher F Curtis
Investigation of negative cross-resistance as a resistance-management tool for insecticide-treated nets.
Journal of medical entomology 2004;41(5):930-4.
2004: M H Andreasen; A Birtles; Christopher F Curtis; R J Wood
Enhanced blood feeding of Anopheles mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) through membranes with applied host odour.
Bulletin of entomological research 2004;94(3):291-5.
2004: Alex N Asidi; Raphael N'Guessan; R A Hutchinson; M Traoré-Lamizana; Pierre Carnevale; Christopher F Curtis
Experimental hut comparisons of nets treated with carbamate or pyrethroid insecticides, washed or unwashed, against pyrethroid-resistant mosquitoes.
Medical and veterinary entomology 2004;18(2):134-40.
2004: Jan Kolaczinski; Christopher F Curtis
Chronic illness as a result of low-level exposure to synthetic pyrethroid insecticides: a review of the debate.
Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association 2004;42(5):697-706.
2003: Caroline A Maxwell; William Chambo; Mathew Mwaimu; Frank Magogo; Ilona Carneiro; Christopher F Curtis
Variation of malaria transmission and morbidity with altitude in Tanzania and with introduction of alphacypermethrin treated nets.
Malaria journal 2003;2():28.
2003: Caterina Fanello; Ilona Carneiro; Edith Ilboudo-Sanogo; Nadine Cuzin-Ouattara; Athanase Badolo; Christopher F Curtis
Comparative evaluation of carbosulfan- and permethrin-impregnated curtains for preventing house-entry by the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae in Burkina Faso.
Medical and veterinary entomology 2003;17(3):333-8.
2003: M Kristan; H Fleischmann; Alessandra della Torre; August Stich; Christopher F Curtis
Pyrethroid resistance/susceptibility and differential urban/rural distribution of Anopheles arabiensis and An. gambiae s.s. malaria vectors in Nigeria and Ghana.
Medical and veterinary entomology 2003;17(3):326-32.
2003: Caterina Fanello; Vincenzo Petrarca; Alessandra della Torre; Federica Santolamazza; Guimogo Dolo; Mamadou Coulibaly; Ali Alloueche; Christopher F Curtis; Yeya T Touré; Mario Coluzzi
The pyrethroid knock-down resistance gene in the Anopheles gambiae complex in Mali and further indication of incipient speciation within An. gambiae s.s.
Insect molecular biology 2003;12(3):241-5.
2003: MH Hodjati; Christopher F Curtis
Genetics of resistance to permethrin in Anopheles stephensi.
Journal of vector borne diseases 2003;40(1-2):60-3.
2003: MH Hodjati; N Mousavi; Christopher F Curtis
Irritant effect, prevention of blood feeding and toxicity of nets impregnated with different pyrethroids on An. stephensi.
Journal of vector borne diseases 2003;40(1-2):54-9.
2003: Christopher F Curtis; B Jana-Kara; Caroline A Maxwell
Insecticide treated nets: impact on vector populations and relevance of initial intensity of transmission and pyrethroid resistance.
Journal of vector borne diseases 2003;40(1-2):1-8.
2003: Caroline A Maxwell; M Lemnge; M Sudi; Christopher F Curtis
Re-treatment of bednets in Tanzania.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2003;97(1):122; author reply 122.
2002: Christopher F Curtis; M Malecela-Lazaro; R Reuben; Caroline A Maxwell
Use of floating layers of polystyrene beads to control populations of the filaria vector Culex quinquefasciatus.
Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology 2002;96 Suppl 2():S97-104.
2002: Christopher F Curtis
Should the use of DDT be revived for malaria vector control?
Biomédica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud 2002;22(4):455-61.
2002: J Myamba; Caroline A Maxwell; Alex N Asidi; Christopher F Curtis
Pyrethroid resistance in tropical bedbugs, Cimex hemipterus, associated with use of treated bednets.
Medical and veterinary entomology 2002;16(4):448-51.
2002: Caroline A Maxwell; E Msuya; M Sudi; KJ Njunwa; Ilona Carneiro; Christopher F Curtis
Effect of community-wide use of insecticide-treated nets for 3-4 years on malarial morbidity in Tanzania.
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH 2002;7(12):1003-8.
2002: Christopher F Curtis; Caroline A Maxwell
Free insecticide for nets is cost effective.
Trends in parasitology 2002;18(5):204-5; author reply 205.
2002: K J Adams; D C Chavasse; D L Mount; Ilona Carneiro; Christopher F Curtis
Comparative insecticidal power of three pyrethroids on netting.
Medical and veterinary entomology 2002;16(1):106-8.
2002: A M G M Yapabandara; Christopher F Curtis
Laboratory and field comparisons of pyriproxyfen, polystyrene beads and other larvicidal methods against malaria vectors in Sri Lanka.
Acta tropica 2002;81(3):211-23.
2002: Christopher F Curtis
Restoration of malaria control in the Madagascar highlands by DDT spraying.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2002;66(1):1.
2001: A M G M Yapabandara; Christopher F Curtis; M B Wickramasinghe; W P Fernando
Control of malaria vectors with the insect growth regulator pyriproxyfen in a gem-mining area in Sri Lanka.
Acta tropica 2001;80(3):265-76.
2001: HV Pates; Willem Takken; Christopher F Curtis; P W Huisman; O Akinpelu; G S Gill
Unexpected anthropophagic behaviour in Anopheles quadriannulatus.
Medical and veterinary entomology 2001;15(3):293-8.
2001: Christopher F Curtis; Clive R Davies
Present use of pesticides for vector and allergen control and future requirements.
Medical and veterinary entomology 2001;15(3):231-5.
2001: HV Pates; Willem Takken; K Stuke; Christopher F Curtis
Differential behaviour of Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto (Diptera: Culicidae) to human and cow odours in the laboratory.
Bulletin of entomological research 2001;91(4):289-96.
2001: T K Mutabingwa; Caroline A Maxwell; I G Sia; F H Msuya; S Mkongewa; S Vannithone; Jill Curtis; Christopher F Curtis
A trial of proguanil-dapsone in comparison with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for the clearance of Plasmodium falciparum infections in Tanzania.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2001;95(4):433-8.
2000: Christopher F Curtis
Infectious disease. The case for deemphasizing genomics in malaria control.
Science (New York, N.Y.) 2000;290(5496):1508.
2000: Sarai Vivas-Martínez; María-Gloria Basáñez; Carlos Botto; Leopoldo Villegas; M García; Christopher F Curtis
Parasitological indicators of onchocerciasis relevant to ivermectin control programmes in the Amazonian focus of Southern Venezuela.
Parasitology 2000;121 Pt 5():527-34.
2000: Sarai Vivas-Martínez; María-Gloria Basáñez; Carlos Botto; S Rojas; M García; M Pacheco; Christopher F Curtis
Amazonian onchocerciasis: parasitological profiles by host-age, sex, and endemicity in southern Venezuela.
Parasitology 2000;121 Pt 5():513-25.
2000: Jan Kolaczinski; Caterina Fanello; J P Hervé; David J Conway; Pierre Carnevale; Christopher F Curtis
Experimental and molecular genetic analysis of the impact of pyrethroid and non-pyrethroid insecticide impregnated bednets for mosquito control in an area of pyrethroid resistance.
Bulletin of entomological research 2000;90(2):125-32.
2000: Jan Kolaczinski; Christopher F Curtis
Comparison of two alpha-cyano pyrethroids when impregnated into bednets against a pyrethroid resistant and susceptible strain of Anopheles stephensi (Diptera: Culicidae) and their F1 progeny.
Bulletin of entomological research 2000;90(2):119-23.
2000: Christopher F Curtis; Jo Lines
Should DDT be banned by international treaty?
Parasitology today (Personal ed.) 2000;16(3):119-21.
2000: Christopher F Curtis; AE Mnzava
Comparison of house spraying and insecticide-treated nets for malaria control.
Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2000;78(12):1389-400.
1999: MH Hodjati; Christopher F Curtis
Effects of permethrin at different temperatures on pyrethroid-resistant and susceptible strains of Anopheles.
Medical and veterinary entomology 1999;13(4):415-22.
1999: Christopher F Curtis; HV Pates; Willem Takken; Caroline A Maxwell; J Myamba; A Priestman; O Akinpelu; A M Yayo; J T Hu
Biological problems with the replacement of a vector population by Plasmodium-refractory mosquitoes.
Parassitologia 1999;41(1-3):479-81.
1999: Caterina Fanello; Jan Kolaczinski; David J Conway; Pierre Carnevale; Christopher F Curtis
The kdr pyrethroid resistance gene in Anopheles gambiae: tests of non-pyrethroid insecticides and a new detection method for the gene.
Parassitologia 1999;41(1-3):323-6.
1999: Christopher F Curtis; AE Mnzava; S Misra; Mark Rowland
Malaria control: bednets or spraying? Summary of the presentations and the discussion.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1999;93(5):460.
1999: Christopher F Curtis
Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene meeting at Manson House, London, 21 January 1999. Malaria control: bednets or spraying? Background and trial in Tanzania.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1999;93(5):453-4.
1999: David J Conway; Cally Roper; Ayoade Oduola; David E Arnot; Song Le; M P Grobusch; Christopher F Curtis; Brian M Greenwood
High recombination rate in natural populations of Plasmodium falciparum.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1999;96(8):4506-11.
1999: Caroline A Maxwell; J Myamba; KJ Njunwa; Brian M Greenwood; Christopher F Curtis
Comparison of bednets impregnated with different pyrethroids for their impact on mosquitoes and on re-infection with malaria after clearance of pre-existing infections with chlorproguanil-dapsone.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1999;93(1):4-11.
1999: Caroline A Maxwell; K Mohammed; U Kisumku; Christopher F Curtis
Can vector control play a useful supplementary role against bancroftian filariasis?
Bulletin of the World Health Organization 1999;77(2):138-43.
1998: Christopher F Curtis; J E Miller; MH Hodjati; Jan Kolaczinski; I Kasumba
Can anything be done to maintain the effectiveness of pyrethroid-impregnated bednets against malaria vectors?
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences 1998;353(1376):1769-75.
1998: P Marchant; Wijnand Eling; Geert-Jan van Gemert; C J Leake; Christopher F Curtis
Could british mosquitoes transmit falciparum malaria?
Parasitology today (Personal ed.) 1998;14(9):344-5.
1998: Wolfram G Metzger; Caroline A Maxwell; Christopher F Curtis
Anti-sporozoite immunity and impregnated bednets in Tanzanian villages.
Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology 1998;92(6):727-9.
1998: Christopher F Curtis; Caroline A Maxwell; R J Finch; KJ Njunwa
A comparison of use of a pyrethroid either for house spraying or for bednet treatment against malaria vectors.
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH 1998;3(8):619-31.
1998: Caroline A Maxwell; J Wakibara; S Tho; Christopher F Curtis
Malaria-infective biting at different hours of the night.
Medical and veterinary entomology 1998;12(3):325-7.
1998: Christopher F Curtis; H Townson
Malaria: existing methods of vector control and molecular entomology.
British medical bulletin 1998;54(2):311-25.
1998: Christopher F Curtis; S P Sinkins
Wolbachia as a possible means of driving genes into populations.
Parasitology 1998;116 Suppl():S111-5.
1997: MH Hodjati; Christopher F Curtis
Dosage differential effects of permethrin impregnated into bednets on pyrethroid resistant and susceptible genotypes of the mosquito Anopheles stephensi.
Medical and veterinary entomology 1997;11(4):368-72.
1997: J K Trigg; H Mbwana; O Chambo; E Hills; William Watkins; Christopher F Curtis
Resistance to pyrimethamine/sulfadoxine in Plasmodium falciparum in 12 villages in north east Tanzania and a test of chlorproguanil/dapsone.
Acta tropica 1997;63(2-3):185-9.
1997: EB Magbity; NT Marbiah; G Maude; Christopher F Curtis; David J Bradley; Brian M Greenwood; E Petersen; Jo Lines
Effects of community-wide use of lambdacyhalothrin-impregnated bednets on malaria vectors in rural Sierra Leone.
Medical and veterinary entomology 1997;11(1):79-86.
1996: Jill Curtis; Manoj T Duraisingh; J K Trigg; H Mbwana; david charles warhurst; Christopher F Curtis
Direct evidence that asparagine at position 108 of the Plasmodium falciparum dihydrofolate reductase is involved in resistance to antifolate drugs in Tanzania.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1996;90(6):678-80.
1996: Christopher F Curtis
An overview of mosquito biology, behaviour and importance.
Ciba Foundation symposium 1996;200():3-7.
1996: Christopher F Curtis; J Myamba; T J Wilkes
Comparison of different insecticides and fabrics for anti-mosquito bednets and curtains.
Medical and veterinary entomology 1996;10(1):1-11.
1995: A E Mnzava; R T Rwegoshora; T J Wilkes; M Tanner; Christopher F Curtis
Anopheles arabiensis and An. gambiae chromosomal inversion polymorphism, feeding and resting behaviour in relation to insecticide house-spraying in Tanzania.
Medical and veterinary entomology 1995;9(3):316-24.
1995: J E Miller; Steve W Lindsay; J R Armstrong Schellenberg; J Adiamah; Musa Jawara; Christopher F Curtis
Village trial of bednets impregnated with wash-resistant permethrin compared with other pyrethroid formulations.
Medical and veterinary entomology 1995;9(1):43-9.
1994: F M Salum; T J Wilkes; K Kivumbi; Christopher F Curtis
Mortality of under-fives in a rural area of holoendemic malaria transmission.
Acta tropica 1994;58(1):29-34.
1994: Christopher F Curtis
Should DDT continue to be recommended for malaria vector control?
Medical and veterinary entomology 1994;8(2):107-12.
1994: A H Stich; Caroline A Maxwell; A A Haji; D M Haji; A Y Machano; J K Mussa; Alberto Matteelli; H Haji; Christopher F Curtis
Insecticide-impregnated bed nets reduce malaria transmission in rural Zanzibar.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1994;88(2):150-4.
1994: Christopher F Curtis
Approaches to vector control: new and trusted. 4. Appropriate technology for vector control: impregnated bed nets, polystyrene beads and fly traps.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1994;88(2):144-6.
1994: S M Magesa; O Aina; Christopher F Curtis
Detection of pyrethroid resistance in Anopheles mosquitos.
Bulletin of the World Health Organization 1994;72(5):737-40.
1993: A E Mnzava; R T Rwegoshora; M Tanner; F H Msuya; Christopher F Curtis; S G Irare
The effects of house spraying with DDT or lambda-cyhalothrin against Anopheles arabiensis on measures of malarial morbidity in children in Tanzania.
Acta tropica 1993;54(2):141-51.
1992: Christopher F Curtis; J Myamba; T J Wilkes
Various pyrethroids on bednets and curtains.
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 1992;87 Suppl 3():363-70.
1991: F H Msuya; Christopher F Curtis
Trial of pyrethroid impregnated bednets in an area of Tanzania holoendemic for malaria. Part 4. Effects on incidence of malaria infection.
Acta tropica 1991;49(3):165-71.
1991: E O Lyimo; F H Msuya; R T Rwegoshora; E A Nicholson; A E Mnzava; Jo Lines; Christopher F Curtis
Trial of pyrethroid impregnated bednets in an area of Tanzania holoendemic for malaria. Part 3. Effects on the prevalence of malaria parasitaemia and fever.
Acta tropica 1991;49(3):157-63.
1991: S M Magesa; T J Wilkes; A E Mnzava; K J Njunwa; J Myamba; M D Kivuyo; N Hill; Jo Lines; Christopher F Curtis
Trial of pyrethroid impregnated bednets in an area of Tanzania holoendemic for malaria. Part 2. Effects on the malaria vector population.
Acta tropica 1991;49(2):97-108.
1991: K J Njunwa; Jo Lines; S M Magesa; A E Mnzava; T J Wilkes; M Alilio; K Kivumbi; Christopher F Curtis
Trial of pyrethroid impregnated bednets in an area of Tanzania holoendemic for malaria. Part 1. Operational methods and acceptability.
Acta tropica 1991;49(2):87-96.
1990: Caroline A Maxwell; Christopher F Curtis; H Haji; S Kisumku; A I Thalib; S A Yahya
Control of Bancroftian filariasis by integrating therapy with vector control using polystyrene beads in wet pit latrines.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1990;84(5):709-14.
1990: K Ichimori; Christopher F Curtis; Geoffrey A T Targett
The effects of chloroquine on the infectivity of chloroquine-sensitive and -resistant populations of Plasmodium yoelii nigeriensis to mosquitoes.
Parasitology 1990;100 Pt 3():377-81.
1989: M I Hossain; Christopher F Curtis
Permethrin-impregnated bednets: behavioural and killing effects on mosquitoes.
Medical and veterinary entomology 1989;3(4):367-76.
1989: Christopher F Curtis
Malaria control through anti-mosquito measures.
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 1989;82 Suppl 17():18-21; discussion 21-2.
1988: Christopher F Curtis; P M Graves
Methods for replacement of malaria vector populations.
The Journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 1988;91(2):43-8.
1987: Christopher F Curtis; Jo Lines; J Ijumba; A Callaghan; N Hill; M A Karimzad
The relative efficacy of repellents against mosquito vectors of disease.
Medical and veterinary entomology 1987;1(2):109-19.
1987: Jo Lines; J Myamba; Christopher F Curtis
Experimental hut trials of permethrin-impregnated mosquito nets and eave curtains against malaria vectors in Tanzania.
Medical and veterinary entomology 1987;1(1):37-51.
1986: E S Krafsur; H Townson; G Davidson; Christopher F Curtis
Screwworm eradication is what it seems.
Nature 1986;323(6088):495-6.
1983: Christopher F Curtis; D S Ellis; P E Doyle; N Hill; B D Ramji; L W Irungu; H Townson
Susceptibility of aposymbiotic Culex quinquefasciatus to Wuchereria bancrofti.
Journal of invertebrate pathology 1983;41(2):214-23.
1981: Christopher F Curtis; C M Kihamia; B D Ramji
Tests of susceptibility of Liberian Culex quinquefasciatus to Tanzanian Wuchereria bancrofti.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1981;75(5):736-9.