Western Africa is vulnerable to arboviral disease transmission, having recently experienced
major outbreaks of chikungunya, dengue, yellow fever and Zika. However, there have been …

Anopheles mosquitoes are important vectors of malaria and lymphatic filariasis (LF), which
are major public health diseases in Nigeria. Malaria is caused by infection with a protozoan …

Background Water plays an important role in the transmission of many infectious diseases,
which pose a great burden on global public health. However, the global distribution of these …

ABSTRACT Ram Kumar and Jiang-Shiou Hwang (2006) Larvicidal efficiency of aquatic
predators: a perspective for mosquito biocontrol. Zoological Studies 45 (4): 447-466 …

Background As the ecology of mosquito larvae can be complex there is need to develop a
rational framework for undertaking larval ecological studies. Local environmental …

Urban agriculture is common across Africa and contributes to the livelihoods of urban
dwellers. Some crop systems create suitable mosquito breeding sites and thus might affect …

The present study aimed to assess mosquito species diversity, distribution, and ecological
preferences in the Covè, Ouinhi, and Zangnanado communes, Southern Benin. Such …

Background Mosquitoes are known to be notorious for their ability to constitute a nuisance
as well as transmit disease-causing organisms (pathogens) to hosts. This study was aimed …

Background & objectives: Rainwater often collects in depressions on rocks to form pools that
are ideal breeding sites of mosquito vectors of diseases. Knowledge on the existence of …

Background Although adult mosquito vectors of sylvatic arbovirus [yellow fever (YFV),
dengue-2 (DENV-2) and chikungunya (CHIKV)] have been studied for the past 40 years in …