The health district of Sakassou is one of the 83 health districts in Côte d'Ivoire, located in a zone with very high malarial transmission rates, with an incidence rate of ≥40% Therefore, to guide vector control methods more effectively, it was crucial to have a good understanding of the vectors in the area. This study aimed to determine the level of malarial transmission during the dry season in Sakassou, Côte d'Ivoire. Female mosquitoes were sampled using human landing catches (HLCs) and pyrethrum spraying catches (PSCs).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe emergence of insecticide resistance in vectors mosquitoes poses a real challenge for arboviral-borne disease control. In Côte d'Ivoire, data are available on phenotypic resistance and the presence of kdr mutations in . Therefore, information on metabolic resistance in populations is very scarce.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The use of urban lowlands for agriculture contributes to the food security of city- dwellers, but promotes malaria transmission. The objective of the study was to characterize the entomological drivers of malaria transmission in two lowlands (N'Gattakro and Odiennekourani) in the city of Bouaké, Côte d'Ivoire.
Methods: The human landing catch technique was used to capture mosquitoes in houses located at the edge of two lowlands in Bouaké from February to December 2019.
Background & Objectives: Malaria remains a public health problem in Côte d'Ivoire. To cope with this issue, the Ministry of Health established strategies through Long-Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs) and artemisinin-based medicines. To better understand the influence of periodic mass distribution of LLINs on malaria transmission, this entomological survey was conducted in three regions of Côte d'Ivoire.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The collection of malaria cases over time allows the identification of areas with the highest incidence. Our objective was to characterize the spatial distribution of malaria in Côte d'Ivoire from 2015 to 2019 at the health district level.
Methods: Data on the number of reported malaria cases confirmed by rapid diagnostic test (RDT) in the general population, the number of patients attending medical consultations and the total population by health district and year were collected from the National Malaria Control Program in Côte d'Ivoire.
Background: Previous studies have revealed high malaria transmission in Bouaké, Côte d'Ivoire. The sociopolitical crisis in the country and the resulting environmental changes have raised the need to update existing knowledge on mosquito vector species and malaria transmission.
Methods: Adult mosquitoes were caught using the human landing catch (HLC) sampling method in Bouaké.
Med Vet Entomol
September 2022
Dengue and yellow fever are prevalent in Côte d'Ivoire and Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus), (Diptera: Culicidae), is known as the main vector. We aimed to assess seasonal variation and spatial heterogeneity in the transmission of both arbovirus diseases in Abidjan. Entomological surveys targeting larvae of A.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAlthough the urban areas of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire have faced recurrent outbreaks of -borne arboviruses, the seasonal dynamics of local populations of the key vector remained still underexplored for an effective vector control. The current study thus assessed the seasonal dynamics and the spatial distribution of . in three neighborhoods of Abidjan city.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo better understand the influence of periodic mass distribution of Long-Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs) on malaria transmission, a 1-yr entomological survey was conducted in three major districts of Côte d'Ivoire. Mosquitoes were sampled by Human Landing Catches (HLC) in urban and rural areas of San Pedro and Abidjan (coastal), and in Yamoussoukro (central). Mosquitoes were identified morphologically and by molecular methods.
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