How malaria spreads and resists treatment in different parts of Burkina Faso
Official title: Research Project 2: Vector bionomics, vector competence, and insecticide resistance across distinct ecological zones
Funded at Colorado State University · NIH-11518651 · Data updated 2026-11-12
This project looks at how different mosquitoes, parasites, and human factors shape malaria risk across communities in Burkina Faso.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Colorado State University NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Fort Collins, United States) |
| Project start | April 26, 2024 |
| Project end | March 31, 2029 |
| Funding year | 2026 |
| Award (this year) | $34,560 |
| NIH project number | 3U19AI181595-03S2 |
| Project ID | NIH-11518651 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
Ideal participants are people living in the study areas of Burkina Faso—including children and adults in urban, rural, and migrant/gold-mining communities—especially those with recent or current malaria.
✕Less likely to help
People living outside the defined study regions or those not exposed to malaria (for example, residents of other countries) are unlikely to receive direct benefit from participating.
What this research studies
From the patient perspective, researchers will visit urban neighborhoods, rural villages, and migrant/gold-mining camps across several ecological zones in Burkina Faso to collect clinical information and samples. They will link people’s age and illness status with parasite genetics from blood samples and with mosquito species, locations, and infection potential from field collections. Lab tests will check for drug resistance in parasites and insecticide resistance in mosquitoes while mapping where transmission is most intense. Local and international teams will combine fieldwork, laboratory analyses, and data management to guide better control strategies.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this work could help tailor prevention, treatment, and mosquito-control strategies to the places and people who need them most.
How similar studies have gone: Previous surveillance of mosquito behavior, insecticide resistance, and parasite genetics has informed control programs, though combining all these data across multiple ecological zones at this scale is relatively uncommon.
Where this research is happening
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Colorado State University
Fort Collins, United States Active
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Dabire, Roch Kounbobr — Colorado State University
- Study coordinator: Dabire, Roch Kounbobr
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page.