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Journal Article
An update on the mosquito fauna and mosquito-borne diseases distribution in Cameroon
2021
Overview
The expansion of mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue, yellow fever, and chikungunya in the past 15 years has ignited the need for active surveillance of common and neglected mosquito-borne infectious diseases. The surveillance should be designed to detect diseases and to provide relevant field-based data for developing and implementing effective control measures to prevent outbreaks before significant public health consequences can occur. Mosquitoes are important vectors of human and animal pathogens, and knowledge on their biodiversity and distribution in the Afrotropical region is needed for the development of evidence-based vector control strategies. Following a comprehensive literature search, an inventory of the diversity and distribution of mosquitoes as well as the different mosquito-borne diseases found in Cameroon was made. A total of 290 publications/reports and the mosquito catalogue website were consulted for the review. To date, about 307 species, four subspecies and one putative new species of Culicidae, comprising 60 species and one putative new species of
Anopheles
, 67 species and two subspecies of
Culex
, 77 species and one subspecies of
Aedes
, 31 species and one subspecies of
Eretmapodites
, two
Mansonia
, eight
Coquillettidia
, and 62 species with unknown medical and veterinary importance (
Toxorhynchites
,
Uranotaenia
,
Mimomyia
,
Malaya
,
Hodgesia
,
Ficalbia
,
Orthopodomyia
,
Aedeomyia
, and
Culiseta
and
Lutzia
) have been collected in Cameroon. Multiple mosquito species implicated in the transmission of pathogens within
Anopheles
,
Culex
,
Aedes
,
Eretmapodites
,
Mansonia
, and
Coquillettidia
have been reported in Cameroon. Furthermore, the presence of 26 human and zoonotic arboviral diseases, one helminthic disease, and two protozoal diseases has been reported. Information on the bionomics, taxonomy, and distribution of mosquito species will be useful for the development of integrated vector management programmes for the surveillance and elimination of mosquito-borne diseases in Cameroon.
Publisher
BioMed Central,BioMed Central Ltd,Springer Nature B.V,BMC
Subject
/ Animals
/ Biomedical and Life Sciences
/ Cameroon
/ Cardiology and cardiovascular system
/ Culex
/ Culiseta
/ dengue
/ Dipteran vectors and associated diseases
/ fauna
/ Humans
/ Internet
/ Malaria
/ Malaya
/ Mansonia
/ Microbiology and Parasitology
/ Mosquito
/ Mosquito Vectors - classification
/ Mosquito Vectors - physiology
/ Review
/ Taxonomy
/ Vector Borne Diseases - parasitology
/ Vector Borne Diseases - transmission
/ Vector Borne Diseases - virology
/ Vectors
/ Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science
/ Virology
/ Viruses
/ Websites
/ Zoonoses
