Professor Heather Ferguson

Professor (Infectious Disease Ecology)

telephone: 01413304450
email: Heather.Ferguson@glasgow.ac.uk

Graham Kerr Building Rm 304, Institute of BAHCM, Glasgow, G12 8QQ

Biography

I began my career at the University of Toronto where I obtained a BSc. (Honours) in Zoology before moving to the University of British to carry out an MSc. (Zoology) in conservation biology. I switched topics to focus on disease ecology for my PhD studies at the University of Edinburgh where I investigated the ecology of malaria vector-parasite interactions. I have stayed in malaria vector ecology and control research ever since. I held postdoctoral positions at the University of Edinburgh and at the Ifakara Health Institute in Tanzania (where was I was seconded from Wageningen University, Netherlands). I joined the University of Glasgow as a BBSRC David Philips Research Fellow in 2006.

Research interests

I am an infectious disease ecologist who specializes in the transmission and control of mosquito-borne diseases.

My research interests include

Ecology and behaviour of African malaria vectors
Surveillance and control of the mosquito vectors of malaria and arboviruses
Impact of environmental change on vector-borne diseases
Epidemiology and control of vector-borne diseases
Avian malaria transmission in Scotland
Capacity strengthening for vector control in disease endemic countries.

I have a close and longstanding research and training partnership with the Ifakara Health Institute in Tanzania where I hold an appointment as a Visiting Scientist

Research groups

Publications

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Number of items: 105.

2024

Kahamba, N. F., Okumu, F. O. , Jumanne, M., Kifungo, K., Odero, J., Baldini, F. , Ferguson, H. and Nelli, L. (2024) Geospatial modelling of dry season habitats of the malaria vector, Anopheles funestus, in south-eastern Tanzania. Parasites and Vectors, 17, 38. (doi: 10.1186/s13071-024-06119-6)

2023

Ferguson, H. M. and Govella, N. J. (2023) Impacts of climate change on malaria vector control in Africa. In: Fornace, K., Conn, J., Sallum, M. A. M., Moreira Chaves, L. S. and Logan, J. (eds.) Planetary Health Approaches to Understand and Control Vector-borne Diseases. Series: Ecology and control of vector-borne diseases (8). Brill: Leiden, The Netherlands, pp. 387-421. ISBN 9789004688650 (doi: 10.3920/9789004688650_015)

Mshani, I. H. et al. (2023) Key considerations, target product profiles, and research gaps in the application of infrared spectroscopy and artificial intelligence for malaria surveillance and diagnosis. Malaria Journal, 22(1), 346. (doi: 10.1186/s12936-023-04780-3) (PMID:37950315) (PMCID:PMC10638832)

Pazmiño Betancourth, M. , Ochoa-Gutiérrez, V. , Ferguson, H. M. , González-Jiménez, M. , Wynne, K. , Baldini, F. and Childs, D. (2023) Evaluation of diffuse reflectance spectroscopy for predicting age, species, and cuticular resistance of Anopheles gambiae s.l under laboratory conditions. Scientific Reports, 13, 18499. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-45696-x) (PMID:37898634) (PMCID:PMC10613238)

Pichler, V. et al. (2023) A novel tetra-primer ARMS-PCR approach for the molecular karyotyping of chromosomal inversion 2Ru in the main malaria vectors Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles coluzzii. Parasites and Vectors, 16(1), 388. (doi: 10.1186/s13071-023-06014-6) (PMID:37891582) (PMCID:PMC10605393)

Govella, N., Johnson, P. C.D. , Killeen, G. F. and Ferguson, H. M. (2023) Heritability of biting time behaviours in the major African malaria vector Anopheles arabiensis. Malaria Journal, 22, 238. (doi: 10.1186/s12936-023-04671-7) (PMID:37587487) (PMCID:PMC10433675)

Odero, J. O., Nambunga, I. H., Wangrawa, D. W., Badolo, A., Weetman, D., Koekemoer, L. L., Ferguson, H. M. , Okumu, F. O. and Baldini, F. (2023) Advances in the genetic characterization of the malaria vector, Anopheles funestus, and implications for improved surveillance and control. Malaria Journal, 22(1), 230. (doi: 10.1186/s12936-023-04662-8) (PMID:37553665) (PMCID:PMC10410966)

Wu, S. L. et al. (2023) Spatial dynamics of malaria transmission. PLoS Computational Biology, 19(6), e1010684. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010684) (PMID:37307282) (PMCID:PMC10289676)

2022

Githu, V., Baravuga, M. E., Mbarawa, A., Msuya, H. M., Mlacha, Y. P., Chaki, P. P., Kiware, S., Mirzai, N., Ferguson, H. and Govella, N. J. (2022) Comparative evaluation of different versions of exposure-free Mosquito electrocuting traps and Barrier screen trap for monitoring outdoor densities and biting time phenotypes by malaria and filariasis vectors in Tanzania. Parasites and Vectors, 15, 420. (doi: 10.1186/s13071-022-05549-4) (PMID:36369172) (PMCID:PMC9652990)

Ngowo, H. , Limwagu, A. J., Ferguson, H. M. , Matthiopoulos, J. , Okumu, F. O. and Nelli, L. (2022) A statistical calibration tool for methods used to sample outdoor-biting mosquitoes. Parasites and Vectors, 15, 293. (doi: 10.1186/s13071-022-05403-7) (PMID:35978415) (PMCID:PMC9386948)

Ngowo, H. S. , Okumu, F. O. , Hape, E. E., Mshani, I. H., Ferguson, H. M. and Matthiopoulos, J. (2022) Using Bayesian state-space models to understand the population dynamics of the dominant malaria vector, Anopheles funestus in rural Tanzania. Malaria Journal, 21(1), 161. (doi: 10.1186/s12936-022-04189-4) (PMID:35658961) (PMCID:PMC9166306)

Kahamba, N. F., Finda, M., Ngowo, H. , Msugupakulya, B. J., Baldini, F. , Koekemoer, L. L., Ferguson, H. M. and Okumu, F. O. (2022) Using ecological observations to improve malaria control in areas where Anopheles funestus is the dominant vector. Malaria Journal, 21(1), 158. (doi: 10.1186/s12936-022-04198-3) (PMID:35655190) (PMCID:PMC9161514)

Brown, R., Salgado-Lynn, M., Jumail, A., Jalius, C., Chua, T.-H., Vythilingam, I. and Ferguson, H. M. (2022) Exposure of primate reservoir hosts to mosquito vectors in Malaysian Borneo. EcoHealth, 19(2), pp. 233-245. (doi: 10.1007/s10393-022-01586-8) (PMID:35553290) (PMCID:PMC9276546)

Siria, D. J. et al. (2022) Rapid age-grading and species identification of natural mosquitoes for malaria surveillance. Nature Communications, 13, 1501. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-28980-8) (PMID:35314683) (PMCID:PMC8938457)

Fornace, K. , Manin, B. O., Matthiopoulos, J. , Ferguson, H. M. , Drakeley, C., Ahmed, K., Khoon, K. T., Ewers, R. M., Daim, S. and Chua, T. H. (2022) A protocol for a longitudinal, observational cohort study of infection and exposure to zoonotic and vector-borne diseases across a land-use gradient in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo: a socio-ecological systems approach. Wellcome Open Research, 7, 63. (doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17678.1) (PMID:35284640) (PMCID:PMC8886174)

2021

Nambunga, I. H. et al. (2021) Wild populations of malaria vectors can mate both inside and outside of human buildings. Parasites and Vectors, 14, 514. (doi: 10.1186/s13071-021-04989-8) (PMID:34620227) (PMCID:PMC8499572)

Sanou, A., Nelli, L. , Guelbéogo, W. M., Cissé, F., Tapsoba, M., Ouédraogo, P., Sagnon, N.’f., Ranson, H., Matthiopoulos, J. and Ferguson, H. M. (2021) Insecticide resistance and behavioural adaptation as a response to long-lasting insecticidal net deployment in malaria vectors in the Cascades region of Burkina Faso. Scientific Reports, 11, 17569. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-96759-w) (PMID:34475470) (PMCID:PMC8413378)

Vythilingam, I., Chua, T. H., Liew, J. W. K., O’Mannin, B. and Ferguson, H. (2021) The vectors of Plasmodium knowlesi and other simian malarias Southeast Asia: challenges in malaria elimination. In: Rollinson, D. and Stothard, R. (eds.) Current Research on Naturally Transmitted Plasmodium knowlesi. Series: Advances in Parasitology (113). Elsevier, pp. 131-189. ISBN 9780323907279 (doi: 10.1016/bs.apar.2021.08.005)

Malijan, R. P. B. et al. (2021) The seasonal dynamics and biting behavior of potential Anopheles vectors of Plasmodium knowlesi in Palawan, Philippines. Parasites and Vectors, 14, 357. (doi: 10.1186/s13071-021-04853-9) (PMID:34233742) (PMCID:PMC8261946)

Byrne, I., Aure, W., Manin, B. O., Vythilingam, I., Ferguson, H. M. , Drakeley, C. J., Chua, T. H. and Fornace, K. M. (2021) Environmental and spatial risk factors for the larval habitats of Plasmodium knowlesi vectors in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. Scientific Reports, 11, 11810. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-90893-1) (PMID:34083582) (PMCID:PMC8175559)

Ngowo, H. S. , Hape, E. E., Matthiopoulos, J. , Ferguson, H. M. and Okumu, F. O. (2021) Fitness characteristics of the malaria vector Anopheles funestus during an attempted laboratory colonization. Malaria Journal, 20, 148. (doi: 10.1186/s12936-021-03677-3) (PMID:33712003) (PMCID:PMC7955623)

Guglielmo, F., Sanou, A., Churcher, T., Ferguson, H. M. , Ranson, H. and Sherrard-Smith, E. (2021) Quantifying individual variability in exposure risk to mosquito bites in the Cascades region, Burkina Faso. Malaria Journal, 20, 44. (doi: 10.1186/s12936-020-03538-5) (PMID:33461560) (PMCID:PMC7814650)

Cuenca, P. R., Key, S., Jumail, A., Surendra, H., Ferguson, H. M. , Drakeley, C. and Fornace, K. (2021) Epidemiology of the zoonotic malaria Plasmodium knowlesi in changing landscapes. Advances in Parasitology, 113, pp. 225-286. (doi: 10.1016/bs.apar.2021.08.006) (PMID:34620384)

2020

Kreppel, K.S., Viana, M. , Main, B.J., Johnson, P.C.D. , Govella, N.J., Lee, Y., Maliti, D., Meza, F.C., Lanzaro, G.C. and Ferguson, H.M. (2020) Emergence of behavioural avoidance strategies of malaria vectors in areas of high LLIN coverage in Tanzania. Scientific Reports, 10, 14527. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-71187-4) (PMID:32883976) (PMCID:PMC7471940)

Brown, R., Chua, T. H., Fornace, K. , Drakeley, C., Vythilingam, I. and Ferguson, H. M. (2020) Human exposure to zoonotic malaria vectors in village, farm and forest habitats in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 14(9), e0008617. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008617) (PMID:32886679) (PMCID:PMC7497982)

Nelli, L. , Ferguson, H. M. and Matthiopoulos, J. (2020) Achieving explanatory depth and spatial breadth in infectious disease modelling: integrating active and passive case surveillance. Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 29(5), pp. 1273-1287. (doi: 10.1177/0962280219856380) (PMID:31213191)

Nelli, L. , Guelbeogo, M., Ferguson, H. M. , Ouattara, D., Tiono, A., N’Fale, S. and Matthiopoulos, J. (2020) Distance sampling for epidemiology: an interactive tool for estimating under-reporting of cases from clinic data. International Journal of Health Geographics, 19, 16. (doi: 10.1186/s12942-020-00209-1) (PMID:32312266) (PMCID:PMC7171748)

Ortega-López, L. D. , Pondeville, E., Kohl, A. , León, R., Pazmino Betancourth, M. , Almire, F., Torres-Valencia, S., Saldarriaga, S., Mirzai, N. and Ferguson, H. M. (2020) The mosquito electrocuting trap as an exposure-free method for measuring human-biting rates by Aedes mosquito vectors. Parasites and Vectors, 13, 31. (doi: 10.1186/s13071-020-3887-8) (PMID:31941536) (PMCID:PMC6961254)

2019

Sanou, A. et al. (2019) Evaluation of mosquito electrocuting traps as a safe alternative to the human landing catch for measuring human exposure to malaria vectors in Burkina Faso. Malaria Journal, 18, 386. (doi: 10.1186/s12936-019-3030-5) (PMID:31791336) (PMCID:PMC6889701)

Fornace, K. M. et al. (2019) Local human movement patterns and land use impact exposure to zoonotic malaria in Malaysian Borneo. eLife, 8, e47602. (doi: 10.7554/elife.47602) (PMID:31638575) (PMCID:PMC6814363)

Mwanga, E. P. et al. (2019) Detection of malaria parasites in dried human blood spots using mid-infrared spectroscopy and logistic regression analysis. Malaria Journal, 18, 341. (doi: 10.1186/s12936-019-2982-9) (PMID:31590669) (PMCID:PMC6781347)

Sanou, A., Guelbéogo, W. M., Nelli, L. , Toé, K. H., Zongo, S., Ouédraogo, P., Cissé, F., Sagnon, N., Matthiopoulos, J. and Ferguson, H.M. (2019) Biting and Resting Behaviours of Malaria Vectors in Rural Burkina Faso Following Scaling up of LLINs. 6th Pan-African Mosquito Control Association (PAMCA) Annual Conference, Yaoundé, Cameroon, 23-25 Sep 2019.

González Jiménez, M. et al. (2019) Prediction of mosquito species and population age structure using mid-infrared spectroscopy and supervised machine learning. Wellcome Open Research, 4, 76. (doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15201.3) (PMID:31544155) (PMCID:PMC6753605)

Modha, S. , Hughes, J. , Bianco, G., Ferguson, H. M. , Helm, B., Tong, L., Wilkie, G. S., Kohl, A. and Schnettler, E. (2019) Metaviromics reveals unknown viral diversity in the biting midge Culicoides impunctatus. Viruses, 11(9), 865. (doi: 10.3390/v11090865) (PMID:31533247) (PMCID:PMC6784199)

Kreppel, K., Caminade, C., Govella, N., Morse, A. P., Ferguson, H. M. and Baylis, M. (2019) Impact of ENSO 2016-17 on regional climate and malaria vector dynamics in Tanzania. Environmental Research Letters, 14(7), 075009. (doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab26c7)

Mwanga, E. P. et al. (2019) Using mid-infrared spectroscopy and supervised machine-learning to identify vertebrate blood meals in the malaria vector, Anopheles arabiensis. Malaria Journal, 18, 187. (doi: 10.1186/s12936-019-2822-y) (PMID:31146762) (PMCID:PMC6543689)

Grillet, M. E. et al. (2019) Venezuela's humanitarian crisis, resurgence of vector-borne diseases, and implications for spillover in the region. Lancet Infectious Diseases, 19(5), e149-e161. (doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30757-6) (PMID:30799251)

Maia, M. F., Kapulu, M., Muthui, M., Wagah, M. G., Ferguson, H. M. , Dowell, F. E., Baldini, F. and Ranford-Cartwright, L. (2019) Detection of Plasmodium falciparum infected Anopheles gambiae using near-infrared spectroscopy. Malaria Journal, 18, 85. (doi: 10.1186/s12936-019-2719-9) (PMID:30890179) (PMCID:PMC6423776)

Meza, F. C., Kreppel, K. S., Maliti, D. F., Mlwale, A. T., Mirzai, N., Killeen, G. F., Ferguson, H. M. and Govella, N. J. (2019) Mosquito electrocuting traps for directly measuring biting rates and host-preferences of Anopheles arabiensis and Anopheles funestus outdoors. Malaria Journal, 18, 83. (doi: 10.1186/s12936-019-2726-x)

Brock, P. M. , Fornace, K. M. , Grigg, M. J., Anstey, N. M., William, T., Cox, J., Drakeley, C. J., Ferguson, H. M. and Kao, R. R. (2019) Predictive analysis across spatial scales links zoonotic malaria to deforestation. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 286(1894), 20182351. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2018.2351) (PMID:30963872) (PMCID:PMC6367187)

2018

Baldini, F. , Rougé, J., Kreppel, K., Mkandawile, G., Mapua, S. A., Sikulu-Lord, M., Ferguson, H. , Govella, N. and Okumu, F. O. (2018) First report of natural Wolbachia infection in the malaria mosquito Anopheles arabiensis in Tanzania. Parasites and Vectors, 11, 635. (doi: 10.1186/s13071-018-3249-y) (PMID:30545384) (PMCID:PMC6293665)

Ng'habi, K., Viana, M. , Matthiopoulos, J. , Lyimo, I., Killeen, G. and Ferguson, H. M. (2018) Mesocosm experiments reveal the impact of mosquito control measures on malaria vector life history and population dynamics. Scientific Reports, 8, 13949. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-31805-8) (PMID:30224714) (PMCID:PMC6141522)

Brown, R., Hing, C. T., Fornace, K. and Ferguson, H. M. (2018) Evaluation of resting traps to examine the behaviour and ecology of mosquito vectors in an area of rapidly changing land use in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. Parasites and Vectors, 11, 346. (doi: 10.1186/s13071-018-2926-1) (PMID:29898780) (PMCID:PMC6000972)

Ferguson, H. , Brock, P. and Torr, S.J. (2018) Host species diversity and the transmission of vector-borne disease in low income countries. In: Roche, B., Broutin, H. and Simard, F. (eds.) Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases: effective strategies for pathogen control and public health management in low-income countries. Oxford University Press: Oxford, pp. 180-197. ISBN 9780198789833 (doi: 10.1093/oso/9780198789833.003.0012)

Yakob, L., Lloyd, A. L., Kao, R. R., Ferguson, H. M. , Brock, P. M. , Drakeley, C. and Bonsall, M. B. (2018) Plasmodium knowlesi invasion following spread by infected mosquitoes, macaques and humans. Parasitology, 145, pp. 101-110. (doi: 10.1017/S0031182016002456) (PMID:28345507)

Woodford, L., Bianco, G., Ivanova, Y., Dale, M., Elmer, K. , Rae, F., Larcombe, S. D., Helm, B., Ferguson, H. M. and Baldini, F. (2018) Vector species-specific association between natural Wolbachia infections and avian malaria in black fly populations. Scientific Reports, 8, 4188. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-22550-z) (PMID:29520067) (PMCID:PMC5843599)

World Health Organization, (2018) Efficacy-testing of Traps for Control of Aedes Spp. Mosquito Vectors. Technical Report. World Health Organization.

2017

Ngowo, H. S. , Kaindoa, E. W., Matthiopoulos, J. , Ferguson, H. M. and Okumu, F. O. (2017) Variations in household microclimate affect outdoor-biting behaviour of malaria vectors. Wellcome Open Research, 2, 102. (doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.12928.1) (PMID:29552642) (PMCID:PMC5829465)

Hawkes, F., Manin, B. O., Ng, S. H., Torr, S. J., Drakeley, C., Chua, T. H. and Ferguson, H. M. (2017) Evaluation of electric nets as means to sample mosquito vectors host-seeking on humans and primates. Parasites and Vectors, 10, 338. (doi: 10.1186/s13071-017-2277-3) (PMID:28720113) (PMCID:PMC5516363)

Emami, S. N., Ranford-Cartwright, L. C. and Ferguson, H. M. (2017) The transmission potential of malaria-infected mosquitoes (An.gambiae-Keele, An.arabiensis-Ifakara) is altered by the vertebrate blood type they consume during parasite development. Scientific Reports, 7, 40520. (doi: 10.1038/srep40520) (PMID:28094293) (PMCID:PMC5240107)

2016

Maliti, D. V., Govella, N. J., Killeen, G. F., Mirzai, N., Johnson, P. C.D. , Kreppel, K. and Ferguson, H. M. (2016) Erratum to: Development and evaluation of mosquito-electrocuting traps as alternatives to the human landing catch technique for sampling host-seeking malaria vectors. Malaria Journal, 15, 558. (doi: 10.1186/s12936-016-1562-5) (PMID:27846883) (PMCID:PMC5111336)

Manin, B. O., Ferguson, H. M. , Vythilingam, I., Fornace, K. , Willilam, T., Torr, S. J., Drakeley, C. and Chua, T. H. (2016) Investigating the contribution of peridomestic transmission to risk of zoonotic malaria infection in humans. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 10(10), e0005064. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005064) (PMID:27741235) (PMCID:PMC5065189)

Main, B. J. et al. (2016) The genetic basis of host preference and resting behavior in the major African malaria vector, Anopheles arabiensis. PLoS Genetics, 12(9), e1006303. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006303) (PMID:27631375) (PMCID:PMC5025075)

Govella, N. J., Maliti, D. F., Mlwale, A. T., Massallu, J. P., Mirzai, N., Johnson, P. C.D. , Ferguson, H. M. and Killeen, G. F. (2016) An improved mosquito electrocuting trap that safely reproduces epidemiologically relevant metrics of mosquito human-feeding behaviours as determined by human landing catch. Malaria Journal, 15, 465. (doi: 10.1186/s12936-016-1513-1)

Mtema, Z. et al. (2016) Mobile phones as surveillance tools: implementing and evaluating a large-scale intersectoral surveillance system for rabies in Tanzania. PLoS Medicine, 13(4), e1002002. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002002) (PMID:27070315) (PMCID:PMC4829224)

Brock, P. M. , Fornace, K. M. , Parmiter, M., Cox, J., Drakeley, C. J., Ferguson, H. M. and Kao, R. R. (2016) Plasmodium knowlesi transmission: integrating quantitative approaches from epidemiology and ecology to understand malaria as a zoonosis. Parasitology, 143(04), pp. 389-400. (doi: 10.1017/S0031182015001821) (PMID:26817785) (PMCID:PMC4800714)

Maliti, D.V. et al. (2016) Investigating associations between biting time in the malaria vector Anopheles arabiensis Patton and single nucleotide polymorphisms in circadian clock genes: support for sub-structure among An. arabiensis in the Kilombero valley of Tanzania. Parasites and Vectors, 9, 109. (doi: 10.1186/s13071-016-1394-8) (PMID:26920563) (PMCID:PMC4769569)

The University Court of the University of Glasgow and Ifakara Health Institute (2016) Insect trap. .

Viana, M. , Hughes, A., Matthiopoulos, J. , Ranson, H. and Ferguson, H. M. (2016) Delayed mortality effects cut the malaria transmission potential of insecticide resistant mosquitoes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113(32), pp. 8975-8980. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1603431113) (PMID:27402740)

2015

Johnson, P. C. D. , Barry, S. J. E. , Ferguson, H. M. and Müller, P. (2015) Power analysis for generalized linear mixed models in ecology and evolution. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 6(2), pp. 133-142. (doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.12306) (PMID:25893088) (PMCID:PMC4394709)

Mayagaya, V. S., Nkwengulila, G., Lyimo, I. N., Kihonda, J., Mtambala, H., Ngonyani, H., Russell, T. L. and Ferguson, H. M. (2015) The impact of livestock on the abundance, resting behaviour and sporozoite rate of malaria vectors in southern Tanzania. Malaria Journal, 14, p. 17. (doi: 10.1186/s12936-014-0536-8)

Kreppel, K.S., Johnson, P.C.D. , Govella, N.J., Pombi, M., Maliti, D. and Ferguson, H.M. (2015) Comparative evaluation of the sticky-resting-box-trap, the standardised resting-bucket-trap and indoor aspiration for sampling malaria vectors. Parasites and Vectors, 8, 462. (doi: 10.1186/s13071-015-1066-0) (PMID:26383620) (PMCID:PMC4573490)

Maliti, D., Govella, N., Killeen, G., Mirzai, N., Johnson, P. C.D. , Kreppel, K. and Ferguson, H. M. (2015) Development and evaluation of mosquito-electrocuting traps as alternatives to the human landing catch technique for sampling host-seeking malaria vectors. Malaria Journal, 14, 502. (doi: 10.1186/s12936-015-1025-4) (PMID:26670881) (PMCID:PMC4681165)

Ng’habi, K. R., Lee, Y., Knols, B. G.J., Mwasheshi, D., Lanzaro, G. C. and Ferguson, H. M. (2015) Colonization of malaria vectors under semi-field conditions as a strategy for maintaining genetic and phenotypic similarity with wild populations. Malaria Journal, 14, 10. (doi: 10.1186/s12936-014-0523-0) (PMID:25604997) (PMCID:PMC4340333)

Stevenson, T.J. et al. (2015) Disrupted seasonal biology impacts health, food security and ecosystems. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 282, 20151453. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2015.1453) (PMID:26468242) (PMCID:PMC4633868)

Wong, M. L., Chua, T. H., Leong, C. S., Khaw, L. T., Fornace, K. , Wan-Sulaiman, W.-Y., William, T., Drakeley, C., Ferguson, H. M. and Vythilingam, I. (2015) Seasonal and spatial dynamics of the primary vector of plasmodium knowlesi within a major transmission focus in Sabah, Malaysia. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 9(10), e0004135. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004135) (PMID:26448052) (PMCID:PMC4598189)

2014

Marsden, C. D., Lee, Y., Kreppel, K., Ferguson, H. M. , Eskin, E., Lanzaro, G. C., Weakley, A. and Cornel, A. (2014) Diversity, differentiation, and linkage disequilibrium: prospects for association mapping in the malaria vector anopheles arabiensis. Genes Genomes Genetics, 4(1), pp. 121-131. (doi: 10.1534/g3.113.008326)

Mulatti, P., Ferguson, H.M. , Bonfanti, L., Montarsi, F., Capelli, G. and Marangon, S. (2014) Determinants of the population growth of the West Nile virus mosquito vector Culex pipiens in a repeatedly affected area in Italy. Parasites and Vectors, 7(26), (doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-26)

Pombi, M., Guelbeogo, W. M., Kreppel, K., Calzetta, M., Traoré, A., Sanou, A., Ranson, H., Ferguson, H. M. , Sagnon, N.’F. and della Torre, A. (2014) The sticky resting box, a new tool for studying resting behaviour of Afrotropical malaria vectors. Parasites and Vectors, 7(247), (doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-247)

Sambo, M., Lembo, T. , Cleaveland, S. , Ferguson, H. , Sikana, L., Simon, C., Urassa, H. and Hampson, K. (2014) Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) about rabies prevention and control: a community survey in Tanzania. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 8(12), e3310. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003310) (PMID:25473834) (PMCID:PMC4256472)

2013

Lyimo, I.N., Haydon, D. , Russell, T.L., Mbina, K.F., Daraja, A.A., Mbehela, E.M., Reeve, R. and Ferguson, H. (2013) The impact of host species and vector control measures on the fitness of African malaria vectors. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 280(1754), p. 20122823. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2823) (PMID:23303548) (PMCID:PMC3574332)

Emami, S.N., Ranford-Cartwright, L.C. and Ferguson, H.M. (2013) The impact of low erythrocyte density in human blood on the fitness and energetic reserves of the African malaria vector Anopheles gambiae. Malaria Journal, 12, 45. (doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-45) (PMID:23374331) (PMCID:PMC3570331)

Sambo, M., Cleaveland, S. , Ferguson, H. , Lembo, T. , Simon, C., Urassa, H. and Hampson, K. (2013) The burden of rabies in Tanzania and its impact on local communities. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 7(11), e2510. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002510)

2012

Lyimo, I.N., Haydon, D. , Mbina, K.F., Daraja, A.A., Mbehela, E.M., Reeve, R. and Ferguson, H. (2012) The fitness of African malaria vectors in the presence and limitation of host behaviour. Malaria Journal, 11, 425. (doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-425) (PMID:23253167) (PMCID:PMC3547723)

Govella, N.J. and Ferguson, H. (2012) Why use of interventions targeting outdoor biting mosquitoes will be necessary to achieve malaria elimination. Frontiers in Physiology, 3(199), (doi: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00199) (PMID:22701435) (PMCID:PMC3372949)

Lyimo, I.N., Keegan, S.P. , Ranford-Cartwright, L.C. and Ferguson, H.M. (2012) The impact of uniform and mixed species blood meals on the fitness of the mosquito vector Anopheles gambiae s.s: does a specialist pay for diversifying its host species diet? Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 25(3), pp. 452-460. (doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02442.x) (PMID:22221693)

Ferguson, H. , Maire, N., Takken, W., Lyimo, I.N., Briet, O., Lindsay, S.W. and Smith, T. (2012) Selection of mosquito life-histories: a hidden weapon against malaria? Malaria Journal, 11, p. 106. (doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-106) (PMID:22471997) (PMCID:PMC3364143)

Huho, B.J. et al. (2012) Artemisinin-based combination therapy does not measurably reduce human infectiousness to vectors in a setting of intense malaria transmission. Malaria Journal, 11, p. 118. (doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-118)

2011

Russell, T.L., Lwetoijera, D.W., Knols, B.G.J., Takken, W., Killeen, G.F. and Ferguson, H.M. (2011) Linking individual phenotype to density-dependent population growth: the influence of body size on the population dynamics of malaria vectors. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 278(1721), pp. 3142-3151. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2011.0153)

Ng'habi, K.R., Knols, B.G.J., Lee, Y., Ferguson, H.M. and Lanzaro, G.C. (2011) Population genetic structure of Anopheles arabiensis and Anopheles gambiae in a malaria endemic region of southern Tanzania. Malaria Journal, 10(1), p. 289. (doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-289)

2010

Ng'habi, K.R.N., Mwasheshi, D., Knols, B.G.J. and Ferguson, H.M. (2010) Establishment of a self-propagating population of the African malaria vector Anopheles arabiensis under semi-field conditions. Malaria Journal, 9(1), p. 356. (doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-356)

Ferguson, H.M. , Dornhaus, A., Beeche, A., Borgemeister, C., Gottlieb, M., Mulla, M.S., Gimnig, J.E., Fish, D. and Killeen, G.F. (2010) Ecology: a prerequisite for malaria elimination and eradication. PLoS Medicine, 7(8), e1000303. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000303)

2009

Lyimo, I.N. and Ferguson, H.M. (2009) Ecological and evolutionary determinants of host species choice in mosquito vectors. Trends in Parasitology, 25(4), pp. 189-196. (doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2009.01.005)

Mayagaya, V.S., Michel, K., Benedict, M.Q., Killeen, G.F., Wirtz, R.A., Ferguson, H.M. and Dowell, F.E. (2009) Non-destructive determination of age and species of anopheles gambiae s.l. using near-infrared spectroscopy. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 81(4), pp. 622-630. (doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.09-0192)

2008

Ferguson, H.M. et al. (2008) Establishment of a large semi-field system for experimental study of African malaria vector ecology and control in Tanzania. Malaria Journal, 7(158), -.. (doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-158)

Ng'habi, K., Huho, B., Nkwengulila, G., Killeen, G., Knols, B. and Ferguson, H.M. (2008) Sexual selection in mosquito swarms: may the best man lose? Animal Behaviour, 76(1), pp. 105-112. (doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.01.014)

Ng'habi, K.R., Meneses, C.R., Cornel, A.J., Slotman, M.A., Knols, B.G.J., Ferguson, H.M. and Lanzaro, G.C. (2008) Clarification of anomalies in the application of a 2La molecular karyotyping method for the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae. Parasites and Vectors, 1(45), pp. 1-8. (doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-1-45)

2007

Huho, B.J., Nghabi, K.R., Killeen, G.F., Nkwengulila, G., Knols, B.G.J. and Ferguson, H.M. (2007) Nature beats nurture: a case study of the physiological fitness of free-living and laboratory-reared male Anopheles gambiae s.l. Journal of Experimental Biology, 210, pp. 2939-2947. (doi: 10.1242/jeb.005033)

Killeen, G.F., Smith, T.A., Ferguson, H.M., Mshinda, H., Abdulla, S., Lengeler, C. and Kachur, S.P. (2007) Preventing childhood malaria in Africa by protecting adults from mosquitoes with insecticide-treated nets. PLoS Medicine, 4(7), e299. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040229)

2006

Huho, B.J., Ng'habi, K.R., Kileen, G.F., Nkwengulila, G., Knols, B.G.J. and Ferguson, H.M. (2006) A reliable morphological method to assess the age of male Anopheles gambiae. Malaria Journal, 5(62), pp. 1-11.

Ferguson, H. , Gandon, S., MacKinnon, M. and Read, A. F. (2006) Malaria parasite virulence in mosquitoes. In: Boëte, C. (ed.) Genetically Modified Mosquitoes for Malaria Control. Series: Medical intelligence unit. Landes Biosciences: Georgetown, Tex, pp. 103-116. ISBN 9781587060960

Huho, B.J., Nghabi, K.R., Killeen, G.F., Nkwengulila, G., Knols, B.G.J. and Ferguson, H.M. (2006) A reliable morphological method to assess the age of male Anopheles gambiae. Malaria Journal, 5, (doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-5-62)

2005

Babiker, H. A., Satti, G., Ferguson, H. , Bayoumi, R. and Wallike, D. (2005) Drug resistant Plasmodium falciparum in an area of seasonal transmission. Acta Tropica, 94(3), pp. 260-268. (doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2005.04.007)

Ferguson, H.M., Gouagna, L.C., Obare, P., Read, A.F., Babiker, H., Githure, J. and Beier, J.C. (2005) The presence of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes in human blood increases the gravidity of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 73(2), pp. 312-320.

Ferguson, H.M., John, B., Ng'habia, K. and Knols, B.G.J. (2005) Redressing the sex imbalance in knowledge of vector biology. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 20(4), pp. 202-209. (doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2005.02.003)

Nassir, E., Abdel-Muhsin, A.A., Suliaman, S., Kenyon, F., Kheir, A., Geha, H., Ferguson, H.M. , Walliker, D. and Babiker, H.A. (2005) Impact of genetic complexity on longevity and gametocytogenesis of Plasmodium falciparum during the dry and transmission-free season of eastern Sudan. International Journal for Parasitology, 35(1), pp. 49-55. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2004.10.014)

Ng'habi, K.R., John, B., Nkwengulila, G., Knols, B.G.J., Killeen, G.F. and Ferguson, H.M. (2005) Effect of larval crowding on mating competitiveness of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes. Malaria Journal, 4(49), pp. 1-9. (doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-4-49)

2004

Ferguson, H.M. and Read, A.F. (2004) Mosquito appetite for blood is stimulated by Plasmodium chabaudi infections in themselves and their vertebrate hosts. Malaria Journal, 3(12), pp. 1-8. (doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-3-12)

Gouagna, L.C., Ferguson, H.M., Okech, B.A., Killeen, G.F., Kabiru, E.W., Beier, J.C., Githure, J.I. and Yan, G. (2004) Plasmodium falciparum malaria disease manifestations in humans and transmission to Anopheles gambiae: a field study in Western Kenya. Parasitology, 128(3), pp. 235-243. (doi: 10.1017/S003118200300444X)

2003

Ferguson, H.M., Mackinnon, M.J., Chan, B.H. and Read, A.F. (2003) Mosquito mortality and the evolution of malaria virulence. Evolution, 57(12), pp. 2792-2804. (doi: 10.1554/03-211)

Ferguson, H.M., Rivero, A. and Read, A.F. (2003) The influence of malaria parasite genetic diversity and anaemia on mosquito feeding and fecundity. Parasitology, 127(1), pp. 9-19. (doi: 10.1017/S0031182003003287)

Rivero, A. and Ferguson, H. (2003) The energetic budget of Anopheles stephensi infected with Plasmodium chabaudi: is energy depletion a mechanism for virulence? Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 270(1522), pp. 1365-1371. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2389)

2002

Ferguson, H.M. and Read, A.F. (2002) Genetic and environmental determinants of malaria parasite virulence in mosquitoes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 269(1497), pp. 1217-1224. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2023)

Ferguson, H.M. and Read, A.F. (2002) Why is the effect of malaria parasites on mosquito survival still unresolved? Trends in Parasitology, 18(6), pp. 256-261. (doi: 10.1016/S1471-4922(02)02281-X)

2000

Ferguson, H.M. (2000) Larval colonisation and recruitment in the Pacific giant salamander (Dicamptodon tenebrosus) in British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 78(7), pp. 1238-1242. (doi: 10.1139/z00-054)

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Articles

Wu, S. L. et al. (2023) Spatial dynamics of malaria transmission. PLoS Computational Biology, 19(6), e1010684. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010684) (PMID:37307282) (PMCID:PMC10289676)

Ferguson, H.M., Mackinnon, M.J., Chan, B.H. and Read, A.F. (2003) Mosquito mortality and the evolution of malaria virulence. Evolution, 57(12), pp. 2792-2804. (doi: 10.1554/03-211)

Ferguson, H.M. and Read, A.F. (2002) Why is the effect of malaria parasites on mosquito survival still unresolved? Trends in Parasitology, 18(6), pp. 256-261. (doi: 10.1016/S1471-4922(02)02281-X)

Book Sections

Research Reports or Papers

World Health Organization, (2018) Efficacy-testing of Traps for Control of Aedes Spp. Mosquito Vectors. Technical Report. World Health Organization.

Conference or Workshop Item

Patents

The University Court of the University of Glasgow and Ifakara Health Institute (2016) Insect trap. .

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Grants

Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.

Learning to Eliminate Dominant Malaria Vectors
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
2023 - 2026
Assessing the risk of insect vector-borne diseases in Scotland and their response to environmental change.
UK Research and Innovation
2023 - 2026
Advancing infrared and AI-based techniques for real time mosquito age-grading and evaluation of malaria vector control interventions in Africa
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
2021 - 2025
Population biology and genomic studies of Anopheles funestus in Tanzania
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
2020 - 2023
Integrating intervention targetable behaviours of malaria vectors to optimize interventions selection and impact
Medical Research Council
2020 - 2023
BBSRC GCRF Fund Impact Accelerator Extension - Boyd Orr
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
2017 - 2018
Studies on Ecology, Colonization and Genetic Diversity of the Afro-tropical Malaria Vector, Anopheles funestus
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
2017 - 2020
Development of a new tool for malaria mosquito surveillance to improve vector control
Medical Research Council
2017 - 2019
Affordable, scalable, low technology transfluthrin emanators for protecting against Zika transmission in low income countries
United States Agency for International Development
2016 - 2018
BBSRC IAAF - Boyd Orr Tanzania Research Accelerator
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
2016 - 2017
Eco-epidemiological surveillance of Zika virus in Colombia and Ecuador
Medical Research Council
2016 - 2017
Impact of El Nino of malaria vector dynamics in Tanzania and Malawi
Natural Environment Research Council
2016 - 2017
Improving the efficacy of malaria prevention in an insecticide resistant Africa
Wellcome Trust
2016 - 2019
Analysis of the ecological and genetic bases of mosquito fitness in two major malaria vectors (ISSF Fellowship)
Wellcome Trust
2014 - 2015
Environmental and genetic basis of malaria transmitting behaviours in Anopheles arabiensis mosquitoes
National Institutes of Health
2011 - 2017
AvecNet - African Vector Control: New tools
European Commission
2011 - 2016
Defining the biomedical, environmental and social risk factors for human infection with Plasmodium knowlesi
Medical Research Council
2010 - 2017
INFRAVEC
European Commission
2009 - 2013
Research Capacity for the implementation of genetic control of mosquitos
European Commission
2009 - 2013
Road-testing Innovative Surveillance Technologies for Rabies in Southern Tanzania
UBS Optimus Foundation
2009 - 2011
Semi-field systems for the study of vector ecology
The Royal Society
2009 - 2009
A systems biology approach to infectious disease transmission - linking individuals, populations and ecosystems
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
2006 - 2011

Supervision

Bissett, Laura
Disentangling environmental and anthropogenic impacts on malaria vector population structure and community
Githu, Victoria James
Improving the design Vector control trials
Kahamba, Najat Feruzi
Ecological dynamics of the dominant malaria vector Anopheles funestus and their impact on malaria transmission and control strategies
Lee, Meshach
Ecology and surveillance of mosquito vectors of zoonotic malaria in Malaysia
Makungu, Christina Michael
Malaria control in Tanzania: exploring human behaviors, activities and risk
Odero, Joel Ouma
Population Demography, Insecticide Resistance, and Genetic Structure of Major Malaria Vector Anopheles Funestus in Tanzania

Teaching

Level 3 Experimental Design (Co-coordinator)

Level 4 Disease Ecology

MRes in Ecology and Environmental Biology (Deputy coordinator)

Professional activities & recognition

Prizes, awards & distinctions

2016: International Knowledge Exchange Award (University of Glasgow)
2016: Scientific Medal (Zoological Society of London)
2021: Fellow (Royal Society of Edinburgh)

Grant committees & research advisory boards

2015 - 2021: BBSRC, Panel of Experts
2015 - 2015: MRC, UK-Thailand Joint Health Research Call Panel
2016 - 2022: World Health Organization, Vector Control Advisory Group
2019 - 2022: World Health Organization, Co-Chair, Vector Control Advisory Group
2021: Medical Research Council, Applied Global Health Board Panel
2022 - 2025: World Health Organization, Strategic Technical Advisory Group on Neglected Tropical Diseases
2022: UKRI - DEFRA, One Health Approaches to Vector-Borne Diseases Panel

Selected international presentations

2020: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (Virtual)
2022: Pan African Mosquito Control Association (Kigali, Rwanda)

Research datasets

Jump to: 2022 | 2018

Number of items: 2.

2022

Siria, D., Sanou, R., Mitton, J., Mwanga, E., Niang, A., Saré, I., Johnson, P. , Wynne, K. , Murray-Smith, R. , Ferguson, H. , Gonzalez Jimenez, M. , Babayan, S. , Diabaté, A., Okumu, F. and Baldini, F. (2022) Rapid age-grading and species identification of natural mosquitoes for malaria surveillance. [Data Collection]

2018

Gonzalez Jimenez, M. , Babayan, S. , Khazaeli, P., Doyle, M., Walton, F., Reedy, E., Glew, T., Viana, M. , Ranford-Cartwright, L. , Niang, A., Siria, D. J., Okumu, F., Diabaté, A., Ferguson, H. , Baldini, F. and Wynne, K. (2018) Prediction of malaria mosquito species and population age structure using mid-infrared spectroscopy and supervised machine learning. [Data Collection]

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