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Professor Mark Rowland

Professor of Medical Entomology and Malaria Control

United Kingdom

Medical entomology and vector borne disease control, especially malaria

Based in London but research interests in East and West Africa and South Asia. Coordinator of PAMVERC (Pan African Malaria Vector Control Research Consortium), a LSHTM group of overseas field sites which collaborates with national research institutes on vector control and malaria prevention.

Affiliations

Department of Disease Control
Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases

Centres

Centre for Evaluation
Malaria Centre
Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre

Research

General medical entomology
Vector borne diseases particularly malaria, its transmission and control
Mosquito behaviour and ecology

Insecticide resistance and insecticide resistance management
Development and evaluation of new vector control tools and products.

Epidemiology of malaria
Antimalarial drug resistance and chemotherapy of malaria
Research Area
Chemotherapy
Clinical trials
Conflict
Disease control
Evaluation
Impact evaluation
Insects
Public health
Vector control
Entomology
Epidemiology
Mathematical Modelling
Disease and Health Conditions
Dengue
Leishmaniasis
Lymphatic filariasis
Malaria
Vector borne diseases
Country
Afghanistan
Benin
Burkina Faso
Cote d'Ivoire
India
Kenya
Pakistan
Tanzania
Uganda

Selected Publications

Acceptability and preferences for dual-active ingredient long-lasting insecticidal nets in rural Tanzania: a mixed-methods study.
Lukole, EA; Gobin, S; COOK, J; Charlwood, JD; Mosha, JF; MATOWO, NS; Mallya, E; Aziz, T; Mosha, JV; Martin, J; ROWLAND, M; KLEINSCHMIDT, I; Manjurano, A; Mosha, FW; WEBSTER, J; Protopopoff, N;
2025
Malaria journal
Improvement to East African style experimental huts allows for more effective evaluation of vector control products for protection against vector-borne diseases.
Portwood, NM; Sumari, G; Matowo, J; Azizi, S; Manunda, B; Ezekia, K; Mosha, FW; Messenger, LA; ROWLAND, MW; Mbewe, NJ;
2025
Parasites vectors
Automated reporting of primaquine dose efficacy, tolerability and safety for Plasmodium vivax malaria using a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis.
Edler, P; Rajasekhar, M; Price, DJ; Adam, I; Awab, GR; Barber, BE; Brasil, LW; Chamma-Siqueira, NN; Chu, CS; Cui, L; Daher, A; Gomes, MD S M; Gonzalez-Ceron, L; Grigg, MJ; Karunajeewa, H; Lacerda, MV G; Ladeia-Andrade, S; Leslie, T; Ley, B; Lidia, K; Llanos-Cuentas, A; Longley, RJ; Manning, L; Mekonnen, DA; Monteiro, WM; ... WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network (WWARN) ,
2025
Malaria journal
Novel insecticide resistance mutations associated with variable PBO synergy in Anopheles gambiae s.l. from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Pelloquin, B; Agossa, F; Acford-Palmer, H; CLARK, T; Ogoma, SB; Williams, M; Basosila, N; Watsenga, F; Metelo, E; Oxborough, RM; Sanogo, YO; Ntoya, F; COLLINS, E; MOSS, S; McLoughlin, C; Campos, M; PHELAN, J; ROWLAND, M; Walker, T; Minakawa, N; Manzambi, EZ; Mukomena, E; CAMPINO, S; Messenger, LA;
2025
Scientific reports
Assessments of Anopheles arabiensis behaviour around bed nets using partial adhesive treatments.
Mbewe, NJ; Azizi, S; ROWLAND, MW; Kirby, MJ; Ezekia, K; Manunda, B; Shayo, MF; Portwood, NM; Mosha, FW; Matowo, J;
2025
Scientific reports
Inter-cluster contamination: a semivariance analysis of community effect ranges of malaria vector control interventions in a four-armed malaria trial in Muleba, Tanzania.
Thickstun, C; Lukole, E; Mosha, JF; Manjurano, A; KLEINSCHMIDT, I; Mosha, FW; Charlwood, JD; ROWLAND, M; Jolly, A; Zwerling, A; Protopopoff, N; Kulkarni, M;
2025
Malaria journal
A noninferiority cluster randomised evaluation of a broflanilide indoor residual spraying insecticide, VECTRON T500, for malaria vector control in Tanzania.
Mbewe, NJ; Tungu, PK; Messenger, LA; BRADLEY, J; Mangesho, PE; Shirima, B; Moshi, O; Shayo, MF; Seif, M; Portwood, NM; Snetselaar, J; Azizi, S; Magogo, F; Mabenga, P; Sudi, W; Mlay, G; Kirby, MJ; Mosha, FW; Kisinza, W; Matowo, J; Small, G; ROWLAND, MW;
2025
Scientific Reports
Community benefits of mass distribution of three types of dual-active-ingredient long-lasting insecticidal nets against malaria prevalence in Tanzania: evidence from a 3-year cluster-randomized controlled trial.
Lukole, EA; COOK, J; Mosha, JF; MATOWO, NS; Kulkarni, MA; Mallya, E; Aziz, T; Martin, J; ROWLAND, M; KLEINSCHMIDT, I; Manjurano, A; Mosha, FW; Protopopoff, N;
2025
BMC public health
The epidemiological benefit of pyrethroid-pyrrole insecticide treated nets against malaria: an individual-based malaria transmission dynamics modelling study.
Churcher, TS; Stopard, IJ; Hamlet, A; Dee, DP; Sanou, A; ROWLAND, M; Guelbeogo, MW; Emidi, B; Mosha, JF; Challenger, JD; Denz, A; Glover, A; Charles, GD; Russell, EL; Fitzjohn, R; Winskill, P; Fornadel, C; Mclean, T; Digre, P; Wagman, J; Mosha, F; COOK, J; Akogbéto, MC; Djogbenou, LS; Ranson, H; ... Sherrard-Smith, E.
2024
The Lancet. Global health
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