Implications for malaria transmission: a cross-sectional study on the bionomics and susceptibility of local malaria vectors in urban and periurban settings of Ndola district.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess vector behaviour and phenotypic resistance for effective vector control programming.

Design

This was a cross-sectional study.

Setting

This study was conducted in the urban and periurban areas of Ndola district, Zambia.

Participants/study units

A total of 166 houses were selected for adult mosquito collection, and an additional 60 collection efforts were made for larval collection from potential larval habitats.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The primary outcome was the behaviour of the malaria vectors, and the secondary outcome was their phenotypic resistance status.

Results

The main breeding sites identified were irrigation trenches (4.67 larvae/dip) and garden ponds (2.72 larvae/dip) created from extensive urban agri

SUBMITTER: Hamwata W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11883537 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature