An update on the mosquito fauna and mosquito-borne diseases distribution in Cameroon.

ABSTRACT: The expansion of mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue, yellow fever, and chikungunya in the past 15 years has ignited the need for active surveillance of common and neglected mosquito-borne infectious diseases. The surveillance should be designed to detect diseases and to provide relevant field-based data for developing and implementing effective control measures to prevent outbreaks before significant public health consequences can occur. Mosquitoes are important vectors of human and animal pathogens, and knowledge on their biodiversity and distribution in the Afrotropical region is needed for the development of evidence-based vector control strategies. Following a comprehensive literature search, an inventory of the diversity and distribution of mosquitoes as well as the different mosq

SUBMITTER: Bamou R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8507310 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature