High vector diversity and malaria transmission dynamics in five sentinel sites in Cameroon.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Malaria remains one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality in Cameroon. To inform vector control intervention decision making, malaria vector surveillance was conducted monthly from October 2018 to September 2020 in five selected sentinel sites (Gounougou and Simatou in the North, and Bonabéri, Mangoum and Nyabessang in the South).

Methods

Human landing catches (HLCs), U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) light traps, and pyrethrum spray catches (PSCs) were used to assess vector density, species composition, human biting rate (HBR), endophagic index, indoor resting density (IRD), parity, sporozoite infection rates, entomological inoculation rate (EIR), and Anopheles vectorial capacity.

Results

A total of 139,322 Anopheles mosquitoes

SUBMITTER: Fondjo E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10100606 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature