Matthew Brian Thomas

Local adaptation of the mosquito vector, Aedes aegypti, and implications for predicting the effects of temperature and climate change on dengue transmission.

This study examines thermal performance curves of Ae. aegypti populations to assess local adaptation and its impact on dengue transmission under climate change.

Thermal variation influences the transcriptome of the major malaria vector Anopheles stephensi.

This study examines how temperature affects the transcriptome of Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes, identifying gene expression patterns and their implications for mosquito physiology and malaria transmission.

Using a non-destructive sugar-feeding assay for sporozoite detection and estimating the extrinsic incubation period of Plasmodium falciparum in mosquito vectors

This paper introduces a non-destructive sugar-feeding assay to estimate the extrinsic incubation period of Plasmodium falciparum in mosquitoes and links transmission traits to mosquito lifespan.