Merid Negash Getahun

This study shows that clove-derived eugenol repels and reduces the fitness of Drosophila suzukii through behavioral and molecular mechanisms.

Across nine Kenyan counties, Stomoxys flies fed on 15 vertebrate hosts, carried Anaplasma, Theileria/Babesia and Trypanosoma DNA, and transmitted T. vivax, T. evansi and Theileria mutans to mice.

This study investigates tick-host-pathogen interactions, identifying tick species, host preferences, novel tick variants, and host-derived attractants, revealing camels as reservoir hosts and ticks as vectors for pathogens.

This study modifies a trap to selectively attract Stomoxys flies using red color and livestock odors, showing synergy between visual and olfactory cues.