Publication: Impact of treatments with Bacillus sphaericus on Anopheles populations and the transmission of malaria in Maroua, a large city in a Savannah Region of Cameroon
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1998-03-01
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8756971X
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Mahidol University
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Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. Vol.14, No.1 (1998), 33-39
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P. Barbazan, T. Baldet, F. Darriet, H. Escaffre, D. Haman Djoda, J. M. Hougard Impact of treatments with Bacillus sphaericus on Anopheles populations and the transmission of malaria in Maroua, a large city in a Savannah Region of Cameroon. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. Vol.14, No.1 (1998), 33-39. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/18258
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Impact of treatments with Bacillus sphaericus on Anopheles populations and the transmission of malaria in Maroua, a large city in a Savannah Region of Cameroon
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Simultaneously with a control of breeding sites primarily for Culex quinquefasciatus and secondarily for anophelines with Bacillus sphaericus in the town of Maroua (120,000 inhabitants) in North Cameroon, a survey of anopheline populations and of transmission rates of malaria was performed. Monthly night catches in 8 districts of the town emphasized the relation between the biting rate by Anopheles in the districts and two main factors. One factor was the distance of a district from the breeding sites, i.e., natural flooded areas along the periphery of the town or artificial breeding sites (ditches, puddles) filled with rain water during the rainy season and with water from the water network throughout the year. The second factor was the density of the habitation that reduced dispersal of female mosquitoes from the breeding sites and the risk for inhabitants to be injected because of scattered bites. The treatment with B. sphaericus was followed by a delay (2 months) in the beginning of the transmission period and a decrease in the incidence of malaria cases studied in a health facility of the town. It thus seems to be possible to reduce malaria transmission by applying B. sphaericus to the breeding sites, but this requires a good knowledge of the location and dynamics of breeding sites and an improved formulation of the pesticide.