Dr. Marianne Sinka Senior Postdoctoral Researcher
Projects
HumBug: we are using smartphones to record and identify mosquitoes by their flight tones
Previous Work
Marianne Sinka is a medical entomologist with a specific interest in mosquito vectors of human malaria, in particular she examines the environmental drivers that limit different species’ distributions, their behaviour relevant to disease transmission and how species’ relative abundance is affected by common control measures.
She is currently the Senior Postdoctoral researcher and Co-I of HumBug, a cross disciplinary project developing an acoustic mosquito sensor that can passively detect and identify host-seeking mosquitoes attracted to people sleeping in their homes. She advises on the CEASE (Controlling emergent Anopheles stephensi in Ethiopia and Sudan) project, is part of the GBIF task group on mobilsation and use of biodiversity data for research and policy on human diseases and provides data and expertise for the WHO Malaria Threat Map and the vector alert for the invasion and spread of An. stephensi in Africa.
Selected Publications
Sinka, M. E., Zilli, D. Li, Y., Kiskin, I., Kirkham, D, Rafique, W., Wang, L., Chan, H., Gutteridge, B., Herreros-Moya, E., Portwood, H., Roberts, S. and Willis, K. J. (2021) HumBug – An Acoustic Mosquito Monitoring Tool for use on budget smartphones Methods in Ecology and Evolution doi:10.1111/2041-210X.13663
Sinka, M. E., Pironon, S., Massey, N.C., Longbottom, J., Hemingway, J., Moyes, C. L., Willis, K. J. (2020) A new malaria vector in Africa: Predicting the expansion range of Anopheles stephensi and identifying the urban populations at risk. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) 117 (40) 24900-24908; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2003976117
Sinka, M.E., Golding, N., Massey, N.C., Wiebe, A., Huang, Z., Hay, S.I., Moyes, C.L. (2016) Modelling the relative abundance of the primary African vectors of malaria before and after the implementation of indoor, insecticide-based, vector control. Malaria Journal 15:142.
Massey, N.C., Garrod, G., Wiebe, A., Henry, A.J., Huang, Z., Moyes, C.L., Sinka, M.E. (2016) A global bionomic database for the dominant vectors of human malaria. Scientific Data 3: 160014.
Brady, O.J., Godfray, H.C.J., Tatem, A.J., Gething, P.W., Cohen, J.M., McKenzie, F.E., Perkins, T.A., Reiner Jr., R.C., Tusting, L.S., Sinka, M.E., Moyes, C.L., Eckhoff, P.A., Scott, T.W., Lindsay, S.W., Hay, S.I. and Smith, D.L. (2016). Vectorial capacity and vector control: reconsidering sensitivity to parameters for malaria elimination. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 110 (2) : 107-117 DOI
Kraemer, M.U.G., Sinka, M.E., Duda, K.A., Mylne, A., Shearer, F.M., Brady, O.J., Messina, J.P., Barker, C.M., Moore, C.G., Carvalho, R.G., Coelho, G.E., Van Bortel, W., Hendrickx, G., Schaffner, F., Wint, G.R.W., Elyazar, I.R.F., Teng, H.-J., and Hay, S.I. (2015). The global compendium of Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus occurrence. Scientific Data, 2 : 150035 DOI
Kraemer, M.U.G., Sinka, M.E., Duda, K.A., Mylne, A., Shearer, F.M., Barker, C.M., Moore, C.G., Carvalho, R.G., Coelho, G.E., van Boertel, W., Hendrickx, G., Schaffner, F., Elyazar, I.R.F., Teng, H.-J., Brady, O.J., Messina, J.P., Pigott, D.M., Scott, T.W., Smith, D.L., Wint, G.R.W., Golding, N. and Hay, S.I. (2015). The global distribution of the arbovirus vectors Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus. eLife, 4 : e08347 DOI
Elyazar, I.R.F., Sinka, M.E., Gething, P.W., Tarmizi, S.N., Surya, A., Kusriastuti, R., Winarno, Baird, J.K., Hay, S.I. and Bangs, M.J. (2013). The distribution and bionomics of Anopheles malaria vector mosquitoes in Indonesia. Advances in Parasitology, 83 : 173-266. DOI
Sinka, M.E. (2013). “Global distributions of the dominant vector species of malaria” in Manquin, S. (Ed.) Anopheles mosquitoes – New insights into malaria vectors. InTech, : 109-144. ISBN 978-953-51-1188-7. DOI
Sinka, M.E., Bangs, M.J., Manguin, S., Rubio-Palis, Y., Chareonviriyaphap, T., Coetzee, M., Mbogo, C.M., Hemingway, J., Patil, A.P., Temperley, W.H., Gething, P.W., Kabaria, C.W., Burkot, T.R., Harbach, R.E. and Hay, S.I. (2012). A global map of dominant malaria vectors. Parasites and Vectors, 5 : 69 DOI
Battle, K.E., Gething P.W., Elyazar, I.R.F., Moyes, C.L., Sinka, M.E., Howes, R.E., Guerra, C.A., Price, R.N., Baird, J.K. and Hay, S.I. (2012). The global public health significance of Plasmodium vivax. Advances in Parasitology, 80 : 1-111. DOI
Sinka, M.E., Bangs, M.J, Manguin, S., Chareonviriyaphap, T., Patil, A.P., Temperley, W.H., Gething, P.W., Elyazar, I.R.F., Kabaria, C.W., Harbach, R.E and Hay, S.I. (2011). The dominantAnopheles vectors of human malaria in the Asia-Pacific region: occurrence data, distribution maps and bionomic précis.Parasites and Vectors, 4 : 89. DOI
Sinka, M.E., Rubio-Palis, Y., Manguin, S., Patil, A.P., Temperley, W.H., Gething, P.W., Van Boeckel, T., Kabaria, C.W., Harbach, R.E. and Hay, S.I. (2010). The dominant Anopheles vectors of human malaria in the Americas: occurrence data, distribution maps and bionomic précis. Parasites and Vectors, 3 : 72. DOI
Sinka, M.E., Bangs, M.J., Manguin, A., Coetzee, M., Mbogo, C.M., Hemingway, J., Patil, A.P., Temperley, W.H., Gething, P.W., Kabaria, C.W., Okara, R.M., Van Boeckel, T., Godfray, H.C.J., Harbach, R.E. and Hay, S.I. (2010). The dominant Anophelesvectors of human malaria in Africa, Europe and the Middle East: occurrence data, distribution maps and bionomic précis.Parasites and Vectors, 3 : 117. DOI