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- Title
Larval habitat distribution: Aedes mosquito vector for arboviruses and Culex spps in North-Western and Western provinces of Zambia.
- Authors
Masaninga, Freddie; Muleba, Mbanga; Masendu, Hieronymo; Songolo, Peter; Mweene-Ndumba, Idah; Mazaba-Liwewe, Mazyanga L.; Kamuliwo, Mulakwa; Ameneshewa, Birknesh; Siziya, Seter; Babaniyi, Olusegun A.
- Abstract
Zambia is prone to mosquito-borne diseases: malaria, filariasis and arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses). There is limited information on the distribution of larval habitats of vectors of arboviruses in Zambia. A study was conducted to determine the distribution of mosquito larval habitats in Western and North-Western provinces of Zambia. Mosquito larval surveys were conducted in rural, urban and peri-urban locations, indoor and outdoor. Altogether, 350 potential breeding habitats were inspected: flower pots, old tyres, banana leaf axils, water storage containers, shallow wells, disused wells, disused bottles, canoes and water pools soaked with cassava tubers. Aedes (stegomyia) aegypti larvae were collected in a disused cooking oil plastic container; 1 (1.9%) out of 52 containers in peri-urban areas of North-Western province was positive for larvae, while no container in Western province was positive for larvae. Culex quiquefasciatus larvae were collected in 12 (3.9%) of 350 containers outdoor in peri-urban, urban and rural areas, in abandoned water wells, discarded plastic containers, canoes and in water pools for processing cassava. Distribution of micro-habitats including those less suspected to be mosquito larval habitats by local communities highlights a need for strengthening vector surveillance to provide real-time entomological data for policy decisions.
- Publication
International Public Health Journal, 2016, Vol 8, Issue 1, p51
- ISSN
1947-4989
- Publication type
Article