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Eric Ochomo
Affiliation : Kenya Medical Research Institute · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- 73Publications (affiliation in Kenya)
Research profile
Eric Ochomo has 73 indexed publications (2011–2026). Their work appears mainly in “Malaria Journal”, “Parasites & Vectors” and “Scientific Reports”. Their most cited article, “Implications of insecticide resistance for malaria vector control with long-lasting insecticidal nets: a WHO-coordinated, prospective, inter” (2018), has been cited 303 times. 24 of these publications date from the last three years of activity. Their work is co-authored with at least 12 researchers, including institutions in United Kingdom, United States, Switzerland, Mali.
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- Housing modifications for heat adaptation, thermal comfort and malaria vector control in rural African settlements
- The origin, history, and resistance architecture of an invasive urban malaria mosquito in Africa
- Elevating larval source management as a key strategy for controlling malaria and other vector-borne diseases in Africa
- Spatial distribution and population structure of the invasive Anopheles stephensi in Kenya from 2022 to 2024
- Genomic diversity of the African malaria vector Anopheles funestus
- Larviciding for malaria control and elimination in Africa
- Attractive targeted sugar baits for malaria control in western Kenya (ATSB-Kenya) – Effect of ATSBs on epidemiologic and entomologic indicators: A Phase III, open-label, cluster-randomised, controlled trial
- Genomic surveillance reveals geographical heterogeneity and differences in known and novel insecticide resistance mechanisms in Anopheles arabiensis across Kenya
- Insecticide resistance intensity in Anopheles gambiae (s.l.) from five malaria epidemiological zones in Kenya
- Molecular markers of reduced behavioral sensitivity to transfluthrin in Anopheles gambiae s.s. from Western Kenya
- Effect of a spatial repellent on malaria incidence in an area of western Kenya characterised by high malaria transmission, insecticide resistance, and universal coverage of insecticide treated nets (part of the AEGIS Consortium): a cluster-randomised, controlled trial
- Early morning anopheline mosquito biting, a potential driver of malaria transmission in Busia County, western Kenya
- Genetic surveillance of insecticide resistance in African Anopheles populations to inform malaria vector control
- Discovery of Knock‐Down Resistance in the Major African Malaria Vector Anopheles funestus
- The Anopheles coluzzii range extends into Kenya: detection, insecticide resistance profiles and population genetic structure in relation to conspecific populations in West and Central Africa
- Transcriptomic analysis of Anopheles gambiae from Benin reveals overexpression of salivary and cuticular proteins associated with cross-resistance to pyrethroids and organophosphates
- Whole transcriptomic analysis reveals overexpression of salivary gland and cuticular proteins genes in insecticide-resistant Anopheles arabiensis from Western Kenya
- Mosquito control by abatement programmes in the United States: perspectives and lessons for countries in sub-Saharan Africa
- The influence of malaria control interventions and climate variability on changes in the geographical distribution of parasite prevalence in Kenya between 2015 and 2020
- Experimental hut and field evaluation of a metofluthrin-based spatial repellent against pyrethroid-resistant Anopheles funestus in Siaya County, western Kenya
- Insecticide resistance and its intensity in urban Anopheles arabiensis in Kisumu City, Western Kenya: Implications for malaria control in urban areas
- Comparison of different trapping methods to collect malaria vectors indoors and outdoors in western Kenya
- Key gene modules and hub genes associated with pyrethroid and organophosphate resistance in Anopheles mosquitoes: a systems biology approach
- Efficacy of PermaNet® Dual compared to Interceptor® G2 and PermaNet 3.0 in experimental huts in Siaya County, western Kenya
- Detection of Anopheles stephensi Mosquitoes by Molecular Surveillance, Kenya
- Differences in malaria vector biting behavior and changing vulnerability to malaria transmission in contrasting ecosystems of western Kenya
- Late morning biting behaviour of Anopheles funestus is a risk factor for transmission in schools in Siaya, western Kenya
- Microsporidia MB in the primary malaria vector Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto is avirulent and undergoes maternal and horizontal transmission
- A comparison of the attractiveness of flowering plant blossoms versus attractive targeted sugar baits (ATSBs) in western Kenya
- Evaluation of community-based vector surveillance system for routine entomological monitoring under low malaria vector densities and high bed net coverage in western Kenya
- Altitude, not potential larval habitat availability, explains pronounced variation in Plasmodium falciparum infection prevalence in the western Kenya highlands
- Attractive targeted sugar bait phase III trials in Kenya, Mali, and Zambia
- Spatial repellents: The current roadmap to global recommendation of spatial repellents for public health use
- Essential oils and their binary combinations have synergistic and antagonistic insecticidal properties against Anopheles gambiae s. l. (Diptera: Culicidae)
- Evaluation of the protective efficacy of a spatial repellent to reduce malaria incidence in children in western Kenya compared to placebo: study protocol for a cluster-randomized double-blinded control trial (the AEGIS program)
- Natural sugar feeding rates of Anopheles mosquitoes collected by different methods in western Kenya
- Screening eaves of houses reduces indoor mosquito density in rural, western Kenya
- Behavioral responses of pyrethroid resistant and susceptible Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes to insecticide treated bed net
- Larvicidal Activities and Synergistic Effects of Essential Oils against Anopheles funestus and Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) from Kisumu, Kenya
- Insecticide resistant Anopheles gambiae have enhanced longevity but reduced reproductive fitness and a longer first gonotrophic cycle
- Western Kenyan Anopheles gambiae showing intense permethrin resistance harbour distinct microbiota
- Insecticide resistance status of indoor and outdoor resting malaria vectors in a highland and lowland site in Western Kenya
- Secondary malaria vectors in western Kenya include novel species with unexpectedly high densities and parasite infection rates
- Insecticide resistance exerts significant fitness costs in immature stages of Anopheles gambiae in western Kenya
- Anti-Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Immunoglobulin G Antibody Seroprevalence Among Truck Drivers and Assistants in Kenya
- Comparison of four outdoor mosquito trapping methods as potential replacements for human landing catches in western Kenya
- Genetic markers associated with insecticide resistance and resting behaviour in Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes in selected sites in Kenya
- Impact of indoor residual spraying with pirimiphos-methyl (Actellic 300CS) on entomological indicators of transmission and malaria case burden in Migori County, western Kenya
- Resting behaviour of malaria vectors in highland and lowland sites of western Kenya: Implication on malaria vector control measures
- Phenotypic, genotypic and biochemical changes during pyrethroid resistance selection in Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes
- COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa: impacts on vulnerable populations and sustaining home-grown solutions
- Efficacy of extended release formulations of Natular™ (spinosad) against larvae and adults of Anopheles mosquitoes in western Kenya
- A high throughput multi-locus insecticide resistance marker panel for tracking resistance emergence and spread in Anopheles gambiae
- Influence of blood meal and age of mosquitoes on susceptibility to pyrethroids in Anopheles gambiae from Western Kenya
- Diagnostic dose determination and efficacy of chlorfenapyr and clothianidin insecticides against Anopheles malaria vector populations of western Kenya
- Improved spatial ecological sampling using open data and standardization: an example from malaria mosquito surveillance
- Implications of insecticide resistance for malaria vector control with long-lasting insecticidal nets: a WHO-coordinated, prospective, international, observational cohort study
- Safety and mosquitocidal efficacy of high-dose ivermectin when co-administered with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine in Kenyan adults with uncomplicated malaria (IVERMAL): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
- Candidate-gene based GWAS identifies reproducible DNA markers for metabolic pyrethroid resistance from standing genetic variation in East African Anopheles gambiae
- Host Decoy Trap (HDT) with cattle odour is highly effective for collection of exophagic malaria vectors
- Pharmacokinetics‐Pharmacodynamics of High‐Dose Ivermectin with Dihydroartemisinin‐Piperaquine on Mosquitocidal Activity and QT ‐Prolongation ( IVERMAL )
- Human Direct Skin Feeding Versus Membrane Feeding to Assess the Mosquitocidal Efficacy of High-Dose Ivermectin (IVERMAL Trial)
- Insecticide-Treated Nets and Protection against Insecticide-Resistant Malaria Vectors in Western Kenya
- Quantifying the intensity of permethrin insecticide resistance in Anopheles mosquitoes in western Kenya
- Efficacy and Safety of High-Dose Ivermectin for Reducing Malaria Transmission (IVERMAL): Protocol for a Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Dose-Finding Trial in Western Kenya
- Design of a study to determine the impact of insecticide resistance on malaria vector control: a multi-country investigation
- Presence of the knockdown resistance mutation, Vgsc-1014F in Anopheles gambiae and An. arabiensis in western Kenya
- RNA-seq analyses of changes in the Anopheles gambiae transcriptome associated with resistance to pyrethroids in Kenya: identification of candidate-resistance genes and candidate-resistance SNPs
- An online tool for mapping insecticide resistance in major Anopheles vectors of human malaria parasites and review of resistance status for the Afrotropical region
- Pyrethroid susceptibility of malaria vectors in four Districts of western Kenya
- The efficacy of long-lasting nets with declining physical integrity may be compromised in areas with high levels of pyrethroid resistance
- Pyrethroid resistance in Anopheles gambiae s.s. and Anopheles arabiensis in western Kenya: phenotypic, metabolic and target site characterizations of three populations
- Spatial and temporal variation in the kdr allele L1014S in Anopheles gambiae s.s. and phenotypic variability in susceptibility to insecticides in Western Kenya
Publication venues
- Malaria Journal × 18
- Parasites & Vectors × 12
- Scientific Reports × 7
- BMC Genomics × 5
- PLoS ONE × 5
- Science × 2
Publications per year
- 20262
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- 202414
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- 20217
- 20205
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Collaborations
Partner institutions : KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme · Ministry of Health · University of Nairobi · Maseno University · Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Co-authors’ countries : United Kingdom · United States · Switzerland · Mali
Co-authors
- Bernard Abong’o
- Maxwell Gesuge Machani
- Luna Kamau
- Jackline Jeruto Kosgei
- Andrew Karanja Githeko
- Diana Omoke
- Silas Agumba
- Seline Omondi
- Stephen Munga
- Maurice Ombok
- Nabie M. Bayoh
- Damaris Matoke-Muhia
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