July 2016

Distribution and characterization of anopheline larval habitats in flooded areas of the Dakar suburbs (Senegal)

Knowledge of mosquito ecology is a prerequisite for efficient implementation of vector control strategies. This one-year study was carried out during the 2013 rainy season and the 2014 dry season throughout the flooded areas of the suburbs of Dakar with the aim to characterize and map anopheline larval habitats. In both seasons, all water bodies that were encountered within the study departments were geo-located and...

Author(s): Seynabou M Diédhiou⊃,⊃, El hadji A. Niang⊃, Souleymane Doucoure⊃, Badara Samb⊃, Abdoulaye Konaté⊃, Sadio Cissokho⊃, Assane Ndiaye⊃, Amélé N Wotodjo⊃, Gilles Chauvancy⊃, Libasse Gadiaga, Ellen Dotson, Julie Thwing, Lassana Konaté⊃, Cheikh Sokhna⊃ and Ousmane Faye⊃