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Flobert Njiokou is affiliated with Université de Yaoundé I in Cameroon. Their research primarily addresses topics in Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a particular focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Insect Science, Parasitology, Molecular Biology, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist's body of work includes a substantial number of publications in notable venues such as Parasites & Vectors, Research Square (Research Square), PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Medical and Veterinary Entomology, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Njiokou's research topics encompass a variety of fields related to vector-borne diseases and parasitology. Their main topics of work include:

  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Trypanosoma species research and implications
  • Insect Resistance and Genetics
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions

Their frequent coauthors are Charles S. Wondji, Hugues C. Nana-Djeunga, Leon M. J. Mugenzi, Gustave Simo, and Anne Geiger.

Among the notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Flobert Njiokou are the following:

  • Urban malaria in sub-Saharan Africa: dynamic of the vectorial system and the entomological inoculation rate, 2021, Malaria Journal
  • Cytochrome P450 metabolic resistance (CYP6P9a) to pyrethroids imposes a fitness cost in the major African malaria vector Anopheles funestus, 2020, Heredity
  • Entomological and Anthropological Factors Contributing to Persistent Malaria Transmission in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Cameroon, 2020, The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Nationwide profiling of insecticide resistance in Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Cameroon, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • First detection of F1534C knockdown resistance mutation in Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) from Cameroon, 2020, Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Best Publications

  • Evolutionary Relationships and Biogeography of Biomphalaria (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) with Implications Regarding Its Role as Host of the Human Bloodfluke, Schistosoma mansoni

    Randall J. DeJong;Jess A. T. Morgan;W. Lobato Paraense;Jean-Pierre Pointier

  • Wild fauna as a probable animal reservoir for Trypanosoma brucei gambiense in Cameroon

    F. Njiokou;C. Laveissière;G. Simo;S. Nkinin

  • Tripartite interactions between tsetse flies, Sodalis glossinidius and trypanosomes--an epidemiological approach in two historical human African trypanosomiasis foci in Cameroon.

    Oumarou Farikou;Flobert Njiokou;Jean A. Mbida Mbida;Guy R. Njitchouang

  • High prevalence of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense group 1 in pigs from the Fontem sleeping sickness focus in Cameroon.

    G. Simo;T. Asonganyi;S.W. Nkinin;F. Njiokou

  • Genetic structure of the tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, in Cameroon (Central Africa).

    Basile Kamgang;Cécile Brengues;Didier Fontenille;Flobert Njiokou

  • Domestic animals as potential reservoir hosts of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense in sleeping sickness foci in Cameroon.

    F Njiokou;H Nimpaye;G Simo;G R Njitchouang

  • Geographic and ecological distribution of the dengue and chikungunya virus vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in three major Cameroonian towns

    B. Kamgang;J. Y. Happi;P. Boisier;F. Njiokou

  • Identification of trypanosomes in wild animals from Southern Cameroon using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

    S Herder;G Simo;S Nkinin;F Njiokou

  • Tsetse fly host preference from sleeping sickness foci in Cameroon: epidemiological implications.

    G. Simo;F. Njiokou;J.A. Mbida Mbida;G.R. Njitchouang

  • Phylogenetic analysis reveals the presence of the Trypanosoma cruzi clade in African terrestrial mammals.

    PB Hamilton;ER Adams;F. Njiokou;Wendy C Gibson

  • Infection rate of Trypanosoma brucei s.l., T. vivax, T. congolense "forest type", and T. simiae in small wild vertebrates in south Cameroon.

    F. Njiokou;G. Simo;S.W. Nkinin;C. Laveissière

  • Bushmeat genetics: setting up a reference framework for the DNA typing of African forest bushmeat.

    Philippe Gaubert;Flobert Njiokou;Ayodeji Olayemi;Paolo Pagani

  • Tsetse fly blood meal modification and trypanosome identification in two sleeping sickness foci in the forest of southern Cameroon.

    Oumarou Farikou;Flobert Njiokou;Gustave Simo;Tazoacha Asonganyi

  • Update on the geographical distribution and prevalence of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae), two major arbovirus vectors in Cameroon

    Armel N. Tedjou;Basile Kamgang;Aurélie P. Yougang;Flobert Njiokou

  • Bacterial Diversity Associated with Populations of Glossina spp. from Cameroon and Distribution within the Campo Sleeping Sickness Focus

    Anne Geiger;Marie-Laure Fardeau;Flobert Njiokou;Manon Joseph

  • The evolution of schistosomiasis at Loum, Cameroon: replacement of Schistosoma intercalatum by S. haematobium through introgressive hybridization.

    L. A. T. Tchuem Tchuente;V. R. Southgate;F. Njiokou;T. Njine

  • Characterization of Trypanosoma brucei s.l. subspecies by isoenzymes in domestic pigs from the Fontem sleeping sickness focus of Cameroon.

    S.W Nkinin;F Njiokou;L Penchenier;P Grébaut

  • Trypanosoma vivax, T. congolense "forest type" and T. simiae: prevalence in domestic animals of sleeping sickness foci of Cameroon.

    H. Nimpaye;F. Njiokou;T. Njine;G.R. Njitchouang

  • A countrywide molecular survey leads to a seminal identification of the invasive cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus in Cameroon, a decade after it was reported in Cote d'Ivoire.

    Barberine A. Silatsa;Jules Roger Kuiate;Flobert Njiokou;Gustave Simo

  • A comprehensive survey of the prevalence and spatial distribution of ticks infesting cattle in different agro-ecological zones of Cameroon.

    Barberine A Silatsa;Barberine A Silatsa;Gustave Simo;Naftaly Githaka;Stephen Mwaura

  • Reproductive status of Onchocerca volvulus after ivermectin treatment in an ivermectin-naive and a frequently treated population from Cameroon.

    Hugues C. Nana-Djeunga;Catherine Bourguinat;Sébastien D. Pion;Jean Bopda

  • Dynamics of Onchocerca volvulus Microfilarial Densities after Ivermectin Treatment in an Ivermectin-naïve and a Multiply Treated Population from Cameroon

    Sébastien D. S. Pion;Hugues C. Nana-Djeunga;Joseph Kamgno;Nicholas Tendongfor

  • The bacterial flora of tsetse fly midgut and its effect on trypanosome transmission

    Illiassou Hamidou Soumana;Gustave Simo;Flobert Njiokou;Bernadette Tchicaya

  • Prevalence of symbionts and trypanosome infections in tsetse flies of two villages of the “Faro and Déo” division of the Adamawa region of Cameroon

    Ginette Irma Kame-Ngasse;Flobert Njiokou;Tito Trésor Melachio-Tanekou;Oumarou Farikou

Frequent Co-Authors

Gérard Cuny
Gérard Cuny Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Charles S. Wondji
Charles S. Wondji Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Philippe Jarne
Philippe Jarne University of Montpellier
Roger K. Prichard
Roger K. Prichard McGill University
Agostinho Antunes
Agostinho Antunes University of Porto
Frédéric Simard
Frédéric Simard University of Montpellier
Naftaly Githaka
Naftaly Githaka International Livestock Research Institute
Carlo Costantini
Carlo Costantini University of Montpellier
Achim Hoerauf
Achim Hoerauf University of Bonn
Joseph D. Turner
Joseph D. Turner Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

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