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Hilary Ranson is affiliated with the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on mosquito-borne diseases and control, with significant contributions to malaria research and insect resistance.

The scientist's work spans multiple fields of study, predominantly in Medicine, with a specialized focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Infectious Diseases, and Insect Science.

Their research covers key topics including:

  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Insect Resistance and Genetics
  • Insect Pest Control Strategies
  • Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences

Hilary Ranson has authored scientific publications in a variety of research venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Malaria Journal
  • Parasites & Vectors
  • Scientific Reports

Recent papers by Hilary Ranson demonstrate their focus on insecticide effectiveness, mosquito behavioral adaptations, and genomic insights within malaria vector populations. Notable publications include:

  • Piperonyl butoxide (PBO) combined with pyrethroids in insecticide-treated nets to prevent malaria in Africa, 2021, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
  • Insecticide resistance and behavioural adaptation as a response to long-lasting insecticidal net deployment in malaria vectors in the Cascades region of Burkina Faso, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Anopheles gambiae populations from Burkina Faso show minimal delayed mortality after exposure to insecticide-treated nets, 2020, Parasites & Vectors
  • Behavioural plasticity of Anopheles coluzzii and Anopheles arabiensis undermines LLIN community protective effect in a Sudanese-savannah village in Burkina Faso, 2020, Parasites & Vectors
  • A population genomic unveiling of a new cryptic mosquito taxon within the malaria-transmitting Anopheles gambiae complex, 2020, Molecular Ecology

Collaborators who frequently co-author with Hilary Ranson include:

  • Antoine Sanou
  • Wamdaogo M. Guelbéogo
  • N'Falé Sagnon
  • Victoria A. Ingham
  • Philip J. McCall

Best Publications

  • Insecticide Resistance in Insect Vectors of Human Disease

    Janet Hemingway;Hilary Ranson

  • Insights into social insects from the genome of the honeybee Apis mellifera

    George M. Weinstock;Gene E. Robinson;Richard A. Gibbs;Kim C. Worley

  • Pyrethroid resistance in African anopheline mosquitoes: what are the implications for malaria control?

    Hilary Ranson;Raphael N’Guessan;Jonathan Lines;Nicolas Moiroux

  • The molecular basis of insecticide resistance in mosquitoes.

    Janet Hemingway;Nicola J Hawkes;Lynn McCarroll;Hilary Ranson

  • Insect glutathione transferases and insecticide resistance.

    Ahmad Ali Enayati;Hilary Ranson;Janet Hemingway

  • Functional and evolutionary insights from the genomes of three parasitoid Nasonia species.

    John H. Werren;Stephen Richards;Christopher A. Desjardins;Oliver Niehuis

  • A deficit of detoxification enzymes: pesticide sensitivity and environmental response in the honeybee

    Charles Claudianos;Hilary Ranson;R M Johnson;Sunita Biswas;Sunita Biswas

  • Insecticide Resistance in African Anopheles Mosquitoes: A Worsening Situation that Needs Urgent Action to Maintain Malaria Control

    Hilary Ranson;Natalie Lissenden

  • Identification of a point mutation in the voltage-gated sodium channel gene of Kenyan Anopheles gambiae associated with resistance to DDT and pyrethroids.

    H. Ranson;B. Jensen;J. M. Vulule;X. Wang

  • Evolution of supergene families associated with insecticide resistance.

    Hilary Ranson;Charles Claudianos;Charles Claudianos;Federica Ortelli;Christelle Abgrall

  • Averting a malaria disaster: will insecticide resistance derail malaria control?

    Janet Hemingway;Hilary Ranson;Alan Magill;Jan Kolaczinski

  • Sequencing of Culex quinquefasciatus Establishes a Platform for Mosquito Comparative Genomics

    Peter Arensburger;Karine Megy;Robert M Waterhouse;Robert M Waterhouse;Jenica Abrudan

  • Identification of a novel class of insect glutathione S-transferases involved in resistance to DDT in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae.

    Hilary Ranson;Hilary Ranson;Louise Rossiter;Federica Ortelli;Betty Jensen

  • Insecticide resistance in the major dengue vectors Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti

    J. Vontas;E. Kioulos;N. Pavlidi;E. Morou

  • A mutation in the voltage-gated sodium channel gene associated with pyrethroid resistance in Latin American Aedes aegypti.

    K. Saavedra-Rodriguez;L. Urdaneta-Marquez;Shavanthi Rajatileka;Shavanthi Rajatileka;M. Moulton

  • Genomic analysis of detoxification genes in the mosquito Aedes aegypti

    Clare Strode;Charles S. Wondji;Jean-Philippe David;Nicola J. Hawkes

  • The importance of mosquito behavioural adaptations to malaria control in Africa.

    Michelle L. Gatton;Michelle L. Gatton;Nakul Chitnis;Nakul Chitnis;Thomas Churcher;Martin J. Donnelly

  • The Anopheles gambiae detoxification chip: A highly specific microarray to study metabolic-based insecticide resistance in malaria vectors

    Jean-Philippe David;Clare Strode;John Vontas;Dimitra Nikou

  • Field-caught permethrin-resistant Anopheles gambiae overexpress CYP6P3, a P450 that metabolises pyrethroids.

    Pie Müller;Emma Warr;Bradley J. Stevenson;Patricia M. Pignatelli

  • Detection of knockdown resistance (kdr) mutations in Anopheles gambiae: a comparison of two new high-throughput assays with existing methods

    Chris Bass;Dimitra Nikou;Martin J Donnelly;Martin S Williamson

Frequent Co-Authors

Janet Hemingway
Janet Hemingway Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
John Vontas
John Vontas Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas
Charles S. Wondji
Charles S. Wondji Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Martin J. Donnelly
Martin J. Donnelly Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Maureen Coetzee
Maureen Coetzee University of the Witwatersrand
William C. Black
William C. Black Colorado State University
Frank H. Collins
Frank H. Collins University of Notre Dame
Mark J. I. Paine
Mark J. I. Paine Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Marc A. T. Muskavitch
Marc A. T. Muskavitch Biogen (United States)
Lizette L. Koekemoer
Lizette L. Koekemoer University of the Witwatersrand

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