Survey of Mosquitoes in Students Hostels of Federal University of Lafia, Nasarawa State, Nigeria

Ombugadu, A

doi:10.26717/bjstr.2020.28.004691

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“…The high IRD of 25Anopheles mosquitoes per room/night in Iwashi area probably indicates a very high likelihood of contact activities between mosquito vectors and their human host. This finding is in conformity with the result of Onyido et al (2008) and Ombugadu et al (2020b) who reported a relatively high IRD of 8 and about 1 mosquito per room/night respectively.…”

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“…Findings from this study also recorded a very low abundance of An. coustani which concurs with Ombugadu et al (2020b). But a sharp contrast was observed by Goupeyou-Youmsi et al (2020) in a study in Madagascar who reported that An.…”

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confidence: 63%

“…Previous results by Yoriyo et al (2013) also observed a low proportion of Anopheles species (17.3%) as against Culex species (82.6%) collected in Gombe metropolis which had large area of polluted grounds that favours the breeding success of the culicines. Similarly, the study by Ombugadu et al (2020b) reported a higher catch of Culex mosquitoes over Anopheles species.…”

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confidence: 77%

“…Keana et al (2016) also reported a high indoor MBR of 19.9 mosquitoes per person/night in south-central Ethiopia. Though Ombugadu et al (2020b) recorded a low MBR of less than 0.5 malaria vectors/person/night in an Institution's students' hostels.…”

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A study on mosquitoes composition and malaria transmission in some communities in Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, Nigeria

Osidoma,

Pam,

Uzoigwe

et al. 2023

J. Biosci. Biotechnol. Discov.

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The paucity of information on malaria vectors in rural areas continues to pose a problem in the public health sector in Nigeria. Thus, the study on mosquitoes composition and malaria transmission in some communities in Doma Local Government Area (LGA) of Nasarawa State, Nigeria was carried out between April and July 2021. Indoor resting mosquitoes were collected using standard pyrethrum spray catch (PSC) from 0600 to 0900 hours. The mosquitoes collected were transferred into a well labelled petri-dish and transported to the laboratory for processing. A total of 1,317 mosquitoes were collected which spread across Iwashi 1,132 (85.9%) and Ruttu 185 (14.0%) communities. The results obtained indicate that the Anopheles mosquitoes had a higher abundance of 1,020 (77.4%) mosquitoes of which females constituted 886 (67.3%) of the population collected while the anopheline males accounted for 134 (10.2%). The abundance of mosquitoes in relation to groups, species and sex respectively varied significantly (p < 0.05). A zero (0.0%) sporozoite rate was recorded from the 654 female Anopheles gambiae s. l. dissected, although oocyst was seen in the alimentary canal of 78 (11.9%) mosquitoes which may be an indicator of possible potential transmission. The results obtained from this study call on all the inhabitants of the two selected communities as well as Doma LGA at large to always clear all potential mosquitoes breeding sites. Also, members of the communities should ensure proper protection against vector-human contact by sleeping under insecticide treated bed nets.

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