Spatial distribution, environmental and physicochemical characterization of Anopheles breeding sites in the Mount Cameroon region.
Year: 2009
Type: article
Abstract: Key words Anopheles breeding sites – environmental and physicochemical parameters – Mount Cameroon – spatial distribution In Cameroon, malaria stands as one of the major public health problems. The warm tropical climate of Cameroon and the dense forest and grassland vegeta-tion provide conditions that are favourable for repro-duction and survival of the malaria vector, and the consequent increase in the prevalence of malaria. Urban malaria is seriously on the rise. Urban farm-ing, poor or inexistent drainage facilities, chaotic location of dwellings and factories in most towns, influence the mosquito population and affect malaria transmission intensity1. Important malaria vectors found in Cameroon are unequally distributed, and it is known that the occurrence of Anopheles species varies according to macro and micro environmental
Source: PubMed
Language: English
Topic: Malaria Research and Control
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2106146416