Malaria vector biology
Which mosquitoes transmit malaria in central Côte d'Ivoire, when, and for how long they live.
Dr Rosine Z. Wolie
Public health research scientist in vector biology, genetics and malaria control
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.
Public health research scientist, lecturer and field entomologist 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, 3 as first author
- 13
- study countries in multi-centre research
- 3
- citationsOpenAlex, checked 9 Oct 2026
- 196
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.
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