Once-lethal insecticides now require concerningly high concentrations to effectively kill mosquitoes. Some mosquitoes are already immune to all classes of insecticides used to control malaria.
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Research Chair with joint appointments at both the South African and the Ghanaian centres of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences. He is also affiliated to the Department of Mathematical Sciences, Stellenbosch University
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Clinical Senior Research Associate, MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge
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Research Scientist in Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard University