Malaria vector biology
Which mosquitoes transmit malaria in central Côte d'Ivoire, when, and for how long they live.
Dr Rosine Z. Wolie
Lecturer and Public Health Research Scientist
Abidjan and Bouaké, Côte d'Ivoire
Turning entomological and genetic evidence into public health action
Resistance, written in the genes
In wild Anopheles gambiae from central Côte d'Ivoire, she tracks the kdr and Ace-1 mutations that let mosquitoes survive insecticides, and tests whether they change malaria transmission.
In gold, the kdr L1014F mutation
From Bouaké to a research network
Field evidence from Côte d'Ivoire feeds multi-centre trials with Cameroon and Tanzania, partnerships in the United Kingdom and Thailand, and scientific meetings from Kigali and Nairobi to Toronto and Crete.
Lecturer and Public Health Research Scientist in animal genetics and medical entomology, based in Côte d'Ivoire
Rosine Z. Wolie works on the biology and control of malaria vectors. She is a lecturer-researcher in the Genetics Laboratory of the Faculty of Natural Sciences at Université Nangui Abrogoua in Abidjan, and an associate researcher at the Vector Control Product Evaluation Centre of the Institut Pierre Richet in Bouaké.
- years of field and laboratory research
- 10
- peer-reviewed articles, 4 as first author
- 14
- citations, h-index 8ResearchGate, Oct 2026224 on OpenAlex, checked 11 Nov 2026
- 215
Research
Lines of work that run from the mosquito to the national programme.
Insecticide resistance and genetic surveillance
Mapping resistance mutations and species across the country's ecological zones.
Vector control innovation
Testing new tools where current ones fail, from the laboratory to whole villages.
Arbovirus preparedness
Helping health systems get ready for dengue and other arboviruses.
From evidence to policy
Turning research into decisions for national malaria programmes.
Selected work
2025
Insecticide resistance and species diversity in Anopheles gambiae s.l. in Côte d'Ivoire (opens in a new tab)
PLOS ONE, 20, e0332497
Wolie RZ, Koffi AA, Chabi J, …, N’Guessan R, author 1 of 14
First and corresponding author. Conceptualisation, funding acquisition, project administration, analysis and writing
2021
Impact and cost-effectiveness of a lethal house lure against malaria transmission in central Côte d'IvoireA two-arm, cluster-randomised controlled trial (opens in a new tab)
The Lancet, 397, 805-815
Sternberg ED, Cook J, Alou LPA, …, Wolie RZ, …, Thomas MB, author 8 of 13
Co-author. Supervised entomological field work and verified the entomological and epidemiological data
2021
Evaluation of the interaction between insecticide resistance-associated genes and malaria transmission in Anopheles gambiae sensu lato in central Côte d'Ivoire (opens in a new tab)
Parasites & Vectors, 14, 581
Wolie RZ, Koffi AA, Ahoua Alou LP, …, NGuessan R, author 1 of 14
First author. Designed the study, led field and laboratory work, analysed the data and wrote the manuscript
Recognition
2025
Early Career Researcher Award, oral presentation
9th Society for Vector Ecology International Congress, Crete. Prize sponsored by the journal Medical and Veterinary Entomology.
2025
Scientific session co-chair
Mosquitoes, Biology and Genetics of Insecticide Resistance. ASTMH 2025 Annual Meeting, Toronto.
2023
Nominated representative of a GLP-compliant test facility
Named by the South African National Accreditation System (SANAS) as the representative of the Vector Control Product Evaluation Centre, Institut Pierre Richet, certified compliant with the OECD Principles of Good Laboratory Practice for efficacy studies of insecticidal products (certificate G0039, June 2023 to June 2028).
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