CEB PhD Completion Seminar - Anopheles salivary antibodies as biomarkers of vector exposure and malaria transmission in the Greater Mekong Subregion

Ellen Kearney BA BSc (Hons)

Supervisors: Professor Freya Fowkes, Professor Julie Simpson, Dr Katherine O'Flaherty, Associate Professor Paul Agius and Dr. Victor Chaumeau

Evaluation of human antibodies against Anopheles salivary proteins has been suggested as a proxy biomarker of exposure to Anopheles mosquito bites. To further the understanding of how this approach could be used to advance the Greater Mekong Subregion’s malaria elimination agenda, my research seeks to formally quantify the association between Anopheles salivary antibodies and human biting rates, and investigate the programmatic application of these antibodies for serosurveillance of malaria transmission and as outcomes in vector control intervention effectiveness trials.

Location: MSPGH, Seminar Rooms 302/303, L3, 207 Bouverie Street or via zoom