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Dr Marta Moreno

PhD

Assistant Professor

Room
390

LSHTM
Keppel Street
London
WC1E 7HT
United Kingdom

Affiliations

Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases
Department of Infection Biology

Centres

Malaria Centre
Centre on Climate Change and Planetary Health

Research

Research Area
Insects
Parasites
Disease control
Vector control
Discipline
Parasitology
Vector biology
Entomology
Disease and Health Conditions
Malaria
Country
Burkina Faso
Gambia
Peru
Region
Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels)
Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)

Selected Publications

Relative contribution of low-density and asymptomatic infections to Plasmodium vivax transmission in the Amazon: pooled analysis of individual participant data from population-based cross-sectional surveys
Ferreira MU; Corder RM; Johansen IC; Kattenberg JH; Moreno M; Rosas-Aguirre A; Ladeia-Andrade S; Conn JE; Llanos-Cuentas A; Gamboa D
2022
The Lancet Regional Health - Americas
Infectivity of patent Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte carriers to mosquitoes: establishing capacity to investigate the infectious reservoir of malaria in a low-transmission setting in The Gambia.
Ahmad A; Soumare HM; Camara MM; Jadama L; Gaye PM; Bittaye H; Bradley J; Achan J; Bousema T; D'Alessandro U
2021
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Integrating Parasitological and Entomological Observations to Understand Malaria Transmission in Riverine Villages in the Peruvian Amazon.
Rosas-Aguirre A; Moreno M; Moreno-Gutierrez D; Llanos-Cuentas A; Saavedra M; Contreras-Mancilla J; Barboza J; Alava F; Aguirre K; Carrasco G
2021
JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Ecology and larval population dynamics of the primary malaria vector Nyssorhynchus darlingi in a high transmission setting dominated by fish farming in western Amazonian Brazil.
Rufalco-Moutinho P; Moura Kadri S; Peres Alonso D; Moreno M; Carrasco-Escobar G; Prussing C; Gamboa D; Vinetz JM; Mureb Sallum MA; Conn JE
2021
PLOS ONE
Maintaining Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte infectivity during blood collection and transport for mosquito feeding assays in the field.
Soumare HM; Guelbeogo WM; van de Vegte-Bolmer M; van Gemert G-J; Soumanaba Z; Ouedraogo A; Ouattara MS; Abdullahi A; Jadama L; Camara MM
2021
Malaria journal
Temporal and Microspatial Heterogeneity in Transmission Dynamics of Coendemic Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum in Two Rural Cohort Populations in the Peruvian Amazon.
Rosas-Aguirre A; Guzman-Guzman M; Chuquiyauri R; Moreno M; Manrique P; Ramirez R; Carrasco-Escobar G; Rodriguez H; Speybroeck N; Conn JE
2020
The Journal of infectious diseases
Brazil's first free-mating laboratory colony of Nyssorhynchus darlingi.
Araujo MDS; Andrade AO; Santos NACD; Pereira DB; Costa GDS; Paulo PFMD; Rios CT; Moreno M; Pereira-da-Silva LH; Medeiros JFD
2019
REVISTA DA SOCIEDADE BRASILEIRA DE MEDICINA TROPICAL
High-accuracy detection of malaria vector larval habitats using drone-based multispectral imagery.
Carrasco-Escobar G; Manrique E; Ruiz-Cabrejos J; Saavedra M; Alava F; Bickersmith S; Prussing C; Vinetz JM; Conn JE; Moreno M
2019
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Dual RNA-seq identifies human mucosal immunity protein Mucin-13 as a hallmark of Plasmodium exoerythrocytic infection.
LaMonte GM; Orjuela-Sanchez P; Calla J; Wang LT; Li S; Swann J; Cowell AN; Zou BY; Abdel-Haleem Mohamed AM; Villa Galarce ZH
2019
Nature Communications
Malaria vector species in Amazonian Peru co-occur in larval habitats but have distinct larval microbial communities.
Prussing C; Saavedra MP; Bickersmith SA; Alava F; Guzmán M; Manrique E; Carrasco-Escobar G; Moreno M; Gamboa D; Vinetz JM
2019
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Higher risk of malaria transmission outdoors than indoors by Nyssorhynchus darlingi in riverine communities in the Peruvian Amazon.
Saavedra MP; Conn JE; Alava F; Carrasco-Escobar G; Prussing C; Bickersmith SA; Sangama JL; Fernandez-Miñope C; Guzman M; Tong C
2019
Parasites & vectors
Continuous Supply of Plasmodium vivax Sporozoites from Colonized Anopheles darlingi in the Peruvian Amazon.
Moreno M; Tong-Rios C; Orjuela-Sanchez P; Carrasco-Escobar G; Campo B; Gamboa D; Winzeler EA; Vinetz JM
2018
ACS infectious diseases
Developing Plasmodium vivax Resources for Liver Stage Study in the Peruvian Amazon Region.
Orjuela-Sanchez P; Villa ZH; Moreno M; Tong-Rios C; Meister S; LaMonte GM; Campo B; Vinetz JM; Winzeler EA
2018
ACS infectious diseases
Nyssorhynchus dunhami: bionomics and natural infection by Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax in the Peruvian Amazon.
Prussing C; Bickersmith SA; Moreno M; Saavedra MP; Alava F; Sallum MAM; Gamboa D; Vinetz JM; Conn JE
2018
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Decreasing proportion of Anopheles darlingi biting outdoors between long-lasting insecticidal net distributions in peri-Iquitos, Amazonian Peru.
Prussing C; Moreno M; Saavedra MP; Bickersmith SA; Gamboa D; Alava F; Schlichting CD; Emerson KJ; Vinetz JM; Conn JE
2018
Malaria Journal
Intensive trapping of blood-fed Anopheles darlingi in Amazonian Peru reveals unexpectedly high proportions of avian blood-meals.
Moreno M; Saavedra MP; Bickersmith SA; Prussing C; Michalski A; Tong Rios C; Vinetz JM; Conn JE
2017
PLoS neglected tropical diseases
Epidemiology of Plasmodium vivax Malaria in Peru.
Rosas-Aguirre A; Gamboa D; Manrique P; Conn JE; Moreno M; Lescano AG; Sanchez JF; Rodriguez H; Silva H; Llanos-Cuentas A
2016
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
Changes in Genetic Diversity from Field to Laboratory During Colonization of Anopheles darlingi Root (Diptera: Culicidae).
Lainhart W; Bickersmith SA; Moreno M; Rios CT; Vinetz JM; Conn JE
2015
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
Evidence for temporal population replacement and the signature of ecological adaptation in a major Neotropical malaria vector in Amazonian Peru.
Lainhart W; Bickersmith SA; Nadler KJ; Moreno M; Saavedra MP; Chu VM; Ribolla PE; Vinetz JM; Conn JE
2015
Malaria journal
Implications for changes in Anopheles darlingi biting behaviour in three communities in the peri-Iquitos region of Amazonian Peru.
Moreno M; Saavedra MP; Bickersmith SA; Lainhart W; Tong C; Alava F; Vinetz JM; Conn JE
2015
Malaria journal
Insecticide Resistance in Areas Under Investigation by the International Centers of Excellence for Malaria Research: A Challenge for Malaria Control and Elimination.
Quiñones ML; Norris DE; Conn JE; Moreno M; Burkot TR; Bugoro H; Keven JB; Cooper R; Yan G; Rosas A
2015
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
Phylogeography of the neotropical Anopheles triannulatus complex (Diptera: Culicidae) supports deep structure and complex patterns.
Moreno M; Bickersmith S; Harlow W; Hildebrandt J; McKeon SN; Silva-do-Nascimento TF; Loaiza JR; Ruiz F; Lourenço-de-Oliveira R; Sallum MAM
2013
Parasites & vectors
Complete mtDNA genomes of Anopheles darlingi and an approach to anopheline divergence time.
Moreno M; Marinotti O; Krzywinski J; Tadei WP; James AA; Achee NL; Conn JE
2010
Malaria journal
Knockdown resistance mutations (kdr) and insecticide susceptibility to DDT and pyrethroids in Anopheles gambiae from Equatorial Guinea.
Moreno M; Vicente JL; Cano J; Berzosa PJ; de Lucio A; Nzambo S; Bobuakasi L; Buatiche JN; Ondo M; Micha F
2008
Tropical medicine & international health
Multiple origins of knockdown resistance mutations in the Afrotropical mosquito vector Anopheles gambiae.
Pinto J; Lynd A; Vicente JL; Santolamazza F; Randle NP; Gentile G; Moreno M; Simard F; Charlwood JD; do Rosário VE
2007
PloS one
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