BIOGRAPHY
Education and Training
2008-2013 → PhD, Applied Biology and Modeling of Biological Systems Polytechnic University of Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso Host Institution: IRSS, Bobo Dioulasso Title: “Evolution de la résistance des populations d’Anopheles gambiae s.l. aux insecticides dans les faciès cotonniers du Burkina Faso ”
2007-2008 → Master International d’Entomologie Médicale et Vétérinaire (MIE, M2) University of Abomey Calavi (Benin), University of Montpellier 2 (France) Host Institution: IRSS, Bobo Dioulasso Title: “Dynamique et évolution des fréquences des mutations kdr et ace.1R chez les formes moléculaires M et S d’Anopheles gambiae s.s. dans la zone rizicole de la Vallée du Kou”
2005-2007 → Master 2, Applied Biology and Modeling of Biological Systems Polytechnic University of Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso Host Institution: IRSS, Bobo Dioulasso Title: “Distribution de la fréquence des mutations kdr et ace-1 principaux gènes de résistance aux insecticides dans le complexe d’Anopheles gambiae dans l’Ouest du Burkina Faso”
2004-2005 → Master 1, Applied Biology, Option: Biology and Animal Physiology University of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Host Institution: IRSS, Bobo Dioulasso
2003-2004 → Licence, Applied Biology, Option: Biology and Animal Physiology University of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
2001-2003 → DEUG 2, Option: Chemistry and Biology
Professional Positions
2021-Present. → Head of Unité de Formation et de Recherche en Sciences de la Vie et de la Terre, université Nazi BONI, Burkina Faso, West Africa.
2020-Present. → Head of the Laboratory of Medical Entomology, Centre Muraz, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, West Africa.
2019-Present. → Deputy Academic Director at African center of excellence in innovations in biotechnology to control vector borne diseases (ITECH-MTV), université Nazi BONI, Burkina Faso, West Africa.
2013-Present. → Research associate in the Laboratory of Medical Entomology, IRSS/Centre Muraz, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, West Africa.
2013-2022. → Head of the Containment Level 2 Laboratory of Medical Entomology, IRSS, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, West Africa.
2009-2013. Ph.D fellowship at Institut de Recherche pour Développement, France.
Research Support
2022-2023. → OOAS funded project Role (PI). Project titled “Surveillance entomologique des arboviroses à potentiel épidémique, en milieux urbain et rural au Burkina Faso, Afrique de l’ouest.”
2021-2023. → WHO grant ID P21-00170. Role (Co-PI). Project title “A pilot multisectoral intervention for controlling malaria vectors, mitigating insecticides resistance and assessing WaSH facilities at healthcare units in selected costal and Sahelian west African countries.”
2021-2023. → FONRID grant ID n°AAP3 FONRID_SCGI2-collaboratfi-02. Role (PI). Project titled “ Transmission résiduelle du paludisme : caractérisation du spectre et de la fréquence de paramètres entomologiques et socio-anthropologiques à l’infection à Plasmodium au Burkina Faso et au Sénégal, Afrique de l’Ouest.”
2019-2023. → FONRID grant ID n°AP6-17. Role (Co-PI). Project titled “ Mise au point d’un insecticide naturel à base d’huiles essentielles d’Hyptis spicigera Lam. (Lamiaceae) pour la prévention du paludisme” .
Communications and Publications
- Namountougou M, Kientega M, Kaboré PDA, Soma DD, Pare Toe L, Sawadogo JME, Birba WJ, Gnankiné O, Dabiré KR, Okumu F, Diabaté A: Residual malaria transmission: Magnitude and drivers of persistent Plasmodium infections despite high coverage of control interventions in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Acta Tropica 2023, 242:106913.
- Yao FA, Millogo AA, Epopa PS, North A, Noulin F, Dao K, Drabo M, Guissou C, Kekele S, Namountougou M, Ouedraogo RK, Pare L, Barry N, Sanou R, Wandaogo H, Dabire RK, McKemey A, Tripet F, Diabaté A. Mark-release-recapture experiment in Burkina Faso demonstrates reduced fitness and dispersal of genetically-modified sterile malaria mosquitoes. Nat Commun. 2022 Feb 10;13(1):796. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-28419-0. PMID: 35145082; PMCID: PMC8831579.
- Sangaré I, Ouattara CA, Soma DD, Soma D, Assogba BS, Namountougou M, Tougri G, Savadogo LB. Spatial-temporal pattern of malaria in Burkina Faso from 2013 to 2020. Parasite Epidemiol Control. 2022 Jul 2;18:e00261. doi: 10.1016/j.parepi.2022.e00261. PMID: 35859938; PMCID: PMC9289732.
- Guissou C, Quinlan MM, Sanou R, Ouédraogo RK, Namountougou M, Diabaté A. Preparing an Insectary in Burkina Faso to Support Research in Genetic Technologies for Malaria Control. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2022 Jan;22(1):18-28. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2021.0041. Epub 2022 Jan 6. PMID: 34995157; PMCID: PMC8787693.
- N’Do S, Bandibabone JB, Soma DD, Musaka BZ, Prudhomme J, Habamungu CC, Namountougou M, Sangaré I, Kientega M, Kaboré DAP, Bayili K, Yerbanga RS, Diabate A, Dabire RK, Ouedraogo JB, Belem AMG, Boëte C, Guardiola-Claramonte M, Chimanuka B. Insecticide resistance profiles in malaria vector populations from Sud-Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2021 Nov 1;115(11):1339-1344. doi: 10.1093/trstmh/trab116. PMID: 34324683.
- Hien AS, Soma DD, Somé FA, Namountougou M, Poda SB, Ouédraogo GA, Diabaté A, Dabiré RK. Short Persistence and Vector Susceptibility to Ficam 80WP (bendiocarb active ingredient) During Pilot Application of Indoor Residual Spraying in Burkina Faso, West Africa. J Med Entomol. 2021 Mar 12;58(2):781-786. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjaa240. PMID: 33164064.
- Soma DD, Poda SB, Hien AS, Namountougou M, Sangaré I, Sawadogo JME, Fournet F, Ouédraogo GA, Diabaté A, Moiroux N, Dabiré RK. Malaria vectors diversity, insecticide resistance and transmission during the rainy season in peri-urban villages of south-western Burkina Faso. Malar J. 2021 Jan 25;20(1):63. doi: 10.1186/s12936-020-03554-5. PMID: 33494779; PMCID: PMC7831184.
- Moussa Namountougou, Dieudonné Diloma Soma, Mahamoudou Balboné, Didier Alexandre Kaboré, Mahamadi Kientega, Aristide Hien, Ahmed Coulibaly, Parfait Eric Ouattara, Benson Georges Meda, Fogné Samuel Drabo, Lassane Koala, Charles Nignan, Thérèse Kagoné, Abdoulaye Diabaté, Florence Fournet, Olivier Gnankiné and Roch Kounbobr Dabiré. (2020). Monitoring Insecticide Susceptibility in Aedes Aegypti Populations from the Two Biggest Cities, Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso, in Burkina Faso: Implication of Metabolic Resistance. Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2020, 5, 84; doi:10.3390/tropicalmed5020084.
- Yadouleton Anges, Namountougou Moussa, Dramane Gado, Sanoussi Falilath, Badou Yvette, Hounkanrin Gildas, Agbanrin Ramziyath, Baba. (2020). Multiple insecticide resistance in Anopheles gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae) from tori-bossito, republic of Benin. International Journal of Biosciences, Vol. 16, No. 1, p. 294-300.
- Moussa NAMOUNTOUGOU, Dieudonné Diloma SOMA, Severin N’DO, Thérèse KAGONÉ, Dramane KANIA, Hamidou MAIGA, Mahamadi KIENTEGA, Didier KABORÉ, Roger SANOU, Ibrahim SANGARÉ, Ali OUARI, Gorges Benson MEDA, Richard BATIONO, John Emmanuel Marie SAWADOGO, Olivier GNANKINÉ, Roch Kounbobr DABIRÉ, Abdoulaye DIABATÉ. (2020). Characterisation of the breeding sites and insecticide resistance of Aedes aegypti population in the city of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. African Entomology. pp. 28:1-8.
- Moussa Namountougou, Dieudonné Diloma Soma, Mahamadi Kientega, Mahamoudou Balboné, Didier P. Alexandre Kaboré, Samuel Drabo, Ahmed Y. Coulibaly, Florence Fournet, Thierry Baldet, Abdoulaye Diabaté, Roch Kounbobr Dabiré, Olivier Gnankiné. (2019). Insecticide resistance mechanisms in Anopheles gambiae complex populations from Burkina Faso, West Africa. Acta Tropica. pp. 197:105054.
- Ouattara, L.P.E., Sangaré, I., Namountougou, M., Hien, A., Ouari, A., Soma, D.D., Kassié, D., Diabaté, A., Gnankiné, O., Bonnet, E., Ridde, V., Akré, M.A., Fournet, F., & Dabiré K.R. (2019). Surveys of Arboviruses Vectors in Four Cities Stretching Along a Railway Transect of Burkina Faso: Risk Transmission and Insecticide Susceptibility Status of Potential Vectors. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. pp. 6:140.
- Adilson José DePina, Moussa Namountougou, Silvania Veiga Leal, Isaias Baptista Fernandes Varela, Davidson Daniel Sousa Monteiro, Celivianne Marisia Ramos de Sousa, Aderitow Augusto Lopes Gonçalves, António Lima Moreira and Ousmane Faye. (2018). Anopheles gambiae sensu lato Susceptibility to the Insecticides in Praia, Cape Verde: A Country in the Pre-Elimination of Malaria. Vector Biology Journal. pp. 3:2.
- Olivier Gnankiné, Omer Hema, Moussa Namountougou, Laurence Mouton, Fabrice Vavre. (2018). Impact of pest management practices on the frequency of insecticide resistance alleles in Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) populations in three countries of West Africa. Elsevier 104: 86-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2017.10.020.
- Soma DD, Namountougou M, Sangaré I, Sawadogo SP, Maiga H, Yaméogo B, Sanou R, Poda S, Fournet F, Tinto H, Diabaté D, Dabiré KR. Transmission entomologique du paludisme à Nanoro, site de l’essai vaccinal RTS’S Au Burkina Faso. Rev. CAMES SANTE, 2018, 5 (2): 15-20.
- Sangaré I, Ouattara LEP, Namountougou M, Ouari A, Kassié D, Diabaté A, Adja AM, Fournet F, Dabiré KR. Assessment of risk of Arbovirus transmission based on Stegomyia indices following a railway transect cities in Burkina Faso, West Africa. In: Burkina Medical, 3emes journées médiales, pharmaceutiques et odontologiques, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 29 janvier au 01 février 2018.
- Quinlan M. Megan, Mutunga James Mutukun Diabaté Abdoulaye, Namountougou Moussa, Coulibaly B Mamadou, Sylla Lakamy, Kayondo Jonathan, Balyesima Victor, Clark Lorna, Benedict Q Mark and Raymond Peter. (2018). Studies of Transgenic Mosquitoes in Disease-Endemic Countries: Preparation of Containment Facilities. Vector-borne and zoonotic diseases Volume 18, Number 1.
- Hien Aristide Sawdetuo, Soma Dieudonne ́ Diloma, Hema Omer, Bayili Bazoma, Namountougou Moussa, Gnankiné Olivier, Baldet Thierry, Diabaté Abdoulaye and Dabiré Kounbobr Roch. (2017). Evidence that agricultural use of pesticides selects pyrethroid resistance within Anopheles gambiae s.l. populations from cotton growing areas in Burkina Faso, West Africa. PLoS ONE 12(3): e0173098.
- Koama Bayili, Severin N’do, Moussa Namountougou, Roger Sanou, Abdoulaye Ouattara, Roch K. Dabiré, Anicet G. Ouédraogo, David Malone and Abdoulaye Diabaté. (2017). Evaluation of e cacy of Interceptor G2, a long-lasting insecticide net coated with a mixture of chlorfenapyr and alpha cypermethrin, against pyrethroid resistant Anopheles gambiae s.l. in Burkina Faso. Malar J (2017) 16:190.
- Hien Aristide S., Sangaré Ibrahim, Coulibaly Sanata, Namountougou Moussa, Paré-Toé Léa, Ouédraogo Anicet Georges, Diabaté Abdoulaye, Foy Brian D. and Dabiré Roch K.. (2017). Parasitological Indices of Malaria Transmission in Children under Fifteen Years in Two Ecoepidemiological Zones in Southwestern Burkina Faso. Journal of Tropical Medicine, Volume 2017, Article ID 1507829, 7 pages.
- Mosqueira B, Soma DD, Namountougou M, Poda S, Diabaté A, Ali O, Fournet F, Baldet T, Carnevale P, Dabiré RK, Mas-Coma S., 2015. Pilot study on the combination of an organophosphate-based insecticide paint and pyrethroid-treated long lasting nets against pyrethroid resistant malaria vectors in Burkina Faso. Acta Trop. 2015 Aug;148:162-9. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2015.04.010. Epub 2015 May 7.
- Koama B, Namountougou M, Sanou R, Ndo S, Ouattara A, Dabiré RK, Malone D, Diabaté A., 2015. The sterilizing effect of pyriproxyfen on the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae: physiological impact on ovaries development. Malar J. 2015 Mar 4;14:101. doi: 10.1186/s12936-015-0609-3.
- Dabiré RK, Namountougou M, Diabaté A, Soma DD, Bado J, Toé HK, Bass C, Combary P., 2014. Distribution and frequency of kdr mutations within Anopheles gambiae s.l. populations and first report of the ace.1 G119S mutation in Anopheles arabiensis from Burkina Faso (West Africa). PLoS One. 2014 Jul 31;9(7):e101484. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101484.
- Sawadogo PS, Namountougou M, Toé KH, Rouamba J, Maïga H, Ouédraogo KR, Baldet T, Gouagna LC, Kengne P, Simard F, Costantini C, Gibson G, Diabaté A, Lees RS, Gilles JR, Dabiré KR,. 2013. Swarming behaviour in natural populations of Anopheles gambiae and An. coluzzii: review of 4 years survey in rural areas of sympatry, Burkina Faso (West Africa). Acta Trop. 2014 Apr;132 Suppl:S42-52. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.12.011.
- Namountougou M., Simard F., Baldet T., Diabaté A., Ouédraogo J-B., Martin T., K. Dabiré K.R., 2012. Multiple Insecticide Resistance in Anopheles gambiae s.l. Populations from Burkina Faso, West Africa. PLoS ONE 7(11): e48412.
- Namountougou M., Diabaté A., Etang J., Bass C., Sawadogo S.P., Gnankiné O., Baldet T., Martin T., Chandre F., Simard F., Dabiré K.R., 2013. First report of the L1014S kdr mutation in wild populations of Anopheles gambiae M and S molecular forms in Burkina Faso (West Africa). Acta Trop 125 : 123-127.
- Dabiré K.R., Namountougou M., Sawadogo S.P., Lassina B.Y., Toé K.H., Ouari A., Gouagna L-C., Simard F., Chandre F., Baldet T., Bass C., Diabaté., 2012. Population dynamics of Anopheles gambiae s.l. in Bobo-Dioulasso city: bionomics, infection rate and susceptibility to insecticides. Parasites & Vectors 5:127.
- Dabiré K.R., Diabaté A., Namountougou M., Djogbenou L., Wondji C., Chandre F., Simard F., Ouédraogo J-B., Martin T., Weill M., Baldet T., 2012. Trends in Insecticide Resistance in Natural Populations of Malaria Vectors in Burkina Faso, West Africa: 10 Years’ Surveys. In: Perveen F, editors. Insecticides – Pest Engineering. ISBN. InTech: pp. 479-502.
- Jones C.M., Toé K.H., Sanou A., Namountougou M., Hughes A., Diabaté A., Dabiré K.R., Simard F., Ranson H., 2012. Additional Selection for Insecticide Resistance in Urban Malaria Vectors: DDT Resistance in Anopheles arabiensis from Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. PLoS ONE 7(9): e45995.
- Dabiré K.R., Diabate A., Namountougou M., Toe K.H., Ouari A., Kengne P., Bass C., Baldet T., 2009a. Distribution of pyrethroid and DDT resistance and the L1014F kdr mutation in Anopheles gambiae s.l. from Burkina Faso (West Africa). Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 103: 1113-1120.
- Dabiré K.R., Diabaté A., Namountougou M., Djogbenou L., Kengne P., Simard F., Bass C., Baldet T., 2009b. Distribution of insensitive acetylcholinesterase (ace-1R) in Anopheles gambiae s.l. populations from Burkina Faso (West Africa). Trop Med Int Health 14, 396-403.
- Namountougou M, Gnankiné O, Soma DD, Sawadogo PS, Hien A, Baldet T, Ouédraogo J-B, Martin T, Simard F, Ouédraogo GA Diabaté A and Dabiré KR. Susceptibility to insecticides and prevalence of Wolbachia in Anopheles gambiae s.l. populations from cotton growing areas of Burkina Faso, West Africa. Abstract accepted for poster at 66th Annual Meeting of American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) November 5 – 9, 2017, Baltimore, Maryland USA
- Namountougou Moussa, Dabiré K Roch, Etang Josiane, Nwane Phylippe, Piameu Michael, Baldet Thierry, Martin Thibaut, Ouédraogo Jean Bosco, Diabaté Abdoulaye and Simard Frédéric. Dynamics of insecticide resistance in Anopheles gambiae s.l. according to cotton cultivation schemes in Burkina Faso, West AFrica. Abstract accepté par American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) pour les journées du 4 au 8 décembre 2011.
- Namountougou Moussa, Simard Frédéric, Sawadogo S pegdewendé, Toé K Hyacinthe, Diabaté Abdoulaye, Ouedraogo Jean Bosco, Baldet Thierry, Dabiré K Roch. Seasonal variation in species composition and frequency of insecticide resistance alleles (kdr-west and ace-1R) in the Anopheles gambiae complex from an irrigated rice fields area in Western Burkina Faso. Abstract accepté au 18th Conference of the African Association of Insect Scientists, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, du 16 au 20 novembre 2009.
- Namountougou M., Simard F., Diabaté A., Baldet T., Martin T., Ouédraogo JB., Ouédraogo G.A. and Dabiré K.R. (2013). Multiple Insecticide Resistance in Anopheles gambiae s.l. according to cotton cultivation schemes in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Abstract accepté par American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) pour les journées du 13 au 17 Novembre 2013.
- Dabiré K.R., Namountougou M., Soma D.D., Sawadogo S.P., Pitroipa X., Combary P., Diabaté A. (2013). Assessing the impact of Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) on malaria transmission in Burkina Faso. Abstract accepté par American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) pour les journées du 13 au 17 Novembre 2013.
- Namountougou Moussa, Simard Frédéric, Sawadogo S Pegdewendé, Toé K Hyacinthe, Diabaté Abdoulaye, Ouedraogo Jean Bosco, Baldet Thierry, Dabiré K Roch. Seasonal variation in species composition and frequency of insecticide resistance alleles (kdr-west and ace-1R) in the Anopheles gambiae complex from an irrigated rice fields area in Western Burkina Faso. Abstract accepté au 5th MIM Pan-African Malaria Conference, Nairobi, Kenya, du 2 au 6 novembre 2009.




