“…This finding is consistent with the report from other West African and other African countries where biotype 3 was found to be the prevailing biotype circulating. Such studies were from Senegal (Verger et al, 1979), Togo (Verger et al, 1982), Niger (Akakpo et al, 1986), The Gambia (Bankole et al, 2010) and Ivory Coast (Sanogo et al, 2013). Similar trends were reported in Central Africa (Domenech et al, 1983), Kenya (Muendo et al, 2012).…”