MSc (Entomology)
PhD student; HEIRU
Contact details
Tel +64 4 9186483
Fax +64 4 389 5319
Email ammsh000@student.otago.ac.nz
Research interests and activities
Sherif Ammar is a PhD student at Department of Public Health. He is a medical entomologist in ecologist's clothing. His research interests include mosquito ecology and biology, characterization of the mosquito breeding habitats, impacts of urbanization on mosquito ecology, mosquito borne diseases (particularly filariasis, malaria and dengue) and mosquito vector surveillance. His broad interests extend to modelling, public health pests surveillance and pesticide resistance.
Ammar's current research focuses on modelling potential scenarios and thresholds for the spread of local arbovirus diseases (mainly dengue, Zika, chikungunya and Ross River virus) under present and projected climatic conditions. He holds a MSc. degree in Medical Entomology from Ain-Shams University, Egypt, where his research focused on mosquito larvae habitat characterization in urban environments of Cairo. Ammar is also a feminist and a human right activist.
See Ammar's PhD project details: Towards Ecologically-Based Early Warning System for Arboviral Disease Transmission in New Zealand
Publications
Ammar, S. E., McIntyre, M., Baker, M. G., & Hales, S. (2021). Imported arboviral infections in New Zealand, 2001 to 2017: A risk factor for local transmission. Travel Medicine & Infectious Disease, 102047. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2021.102047
Ammar, S. E., McIntyre, M., Swan, T., Kasper, J., Derraik, J. G. B., Baker, M. G., & Hales, S. (2019). Intercepted mosquitoes at New Zealand's ports of entry, 2001 to 2018: Current status and future concerns. Tropical Medicine & Infectious Disease, 4(3), 101. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed4030101
Ammar, S. (2019). Intercepted mosquitoes at New Zealand ports of entry, 2001 to 2018: Current status and future concerns. Proceedings of the University of Otago Student Research Symposium: Te Wānaka Rakahau: Ākoka. Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/graduate-research
Ammar, S. E., McIntyre, M., Baker, M. G., & Hales, S. (2019, December). Increasing risk of imported arboviral infections in New Zealand, 2001 to 2017. Poster session presented at the 5th One Health Aotearoa (OHA) Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand.
Ammar, S. E., McIntyre, M., Swan, T., Kasper, J., Derraik, J. G. B., Baker, M. G., & Hales, S. (2019, December). Intercepted mosquitoes at New Zealand's ports of entry, 2001 to 2018: Current status and future concerns. Verbal presentation at the 5th One Health Aotearoa (OHA) Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand.
Journal - Research Article
Ammar, S. E., McIntyre, M., Baker, M. G., & Hales, S. (2021). Imported arboviral infections in New Zealand, 2001 to 2017: A risk factor for local transmission. Travel Medicine & Infectious Disease, 102047. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2021.102047
Ammar, S. E., McIntyre, M., Swan, T., Kasper, J., Derraik, J. G. B., Baker, M. G., & Hales, S. (2019). Intercepted mosquitoes at New Zealand's ports of entry, 2001 to 2018: Current status and future concerns. Tropical Medicine & Infectious Disease, 4(3), 101. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed4030101
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Ammar, S. (2019). Intercepted mosquitoes at New Zealand ports of entry, 2001 to 2018: Current status and future concerns. Proceedings of the University of Otago Student Research Symposium: Te Wānaka Rakahau: Ākoka. Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/graduate-research
Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)
Ammar, S. E., McIntyre, M., Baker, M. G., & Hales, S. (2019, December). Increasing risk of imported arboviral infections in New Zealand, 2001 to 2017. Poster session presented at the 5th One Health Aotearoa (OHA) Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand.
Ammar, S., McIntyre, M., Baker, M., & Hales, S. (2018, December). Arbovirus vector mosquitoes intercepted at New Zealand ports of entry, 2001 to 2018. Poster session presented at the 4th One Health Aotearoa (OHA) Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Ammar, S. E., McIntyre, M., Swan, T., Kasper, J., Derraik, J. G. B., Baker, M. G., & Hales, S. (2019, December). Intercepted mosquitoes at New Zealand's ports of entry, 2001 to 2018: Current status and future concerns. Verbal presentation at the 5th One Health Aotearoa (OHA) Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand.
