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Tateng, Aime Ngouateu, Ngouateu, Omer Bebe, Payne, Vincent Khan, Maurer, Marcus, von Stebut, Esther, Krueger, Andreas and Dondji, Blaise (2023). Ecological site distribution of sand fly species of Mokolo, an endemic focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis in northern Cameroon. Acta Trop., 239. AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER. ISSN 1873-6254

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Abstract

Leishmaniasis is a vector borne disease present in two major clinical forms (cutaneous and visceral) in the northern part of Cameroon. The disease is classified as a neglected tropical disease by the World Health Orga-nization and thus, requires more attention. The aim of this study was to correlate the previously established composition and abundance of sand fly fauna with the putative vector status and the ecological behavior in the Mokolo cutaneous leishmaniasis focus to propose fighting strategies integrating vectors control. Over a 12-month period light traps were used for sand flies' collection in urban, peri-urban and sylvatic environment found in Mokolo, an endemic focus of leishmanisis in northern Cameroon, microscope and taxo-nomic keys were used for their identification. Nineteen (19) species were identified belonging to the genera Sergentomyia, and Phlebotomus. The influence of human population density on sand fly's species density and composition was assessed trough the evaluation of ecological distribution of sand flies in Mokolo. It came out that, Se. coronula and Se. thomsoni mandarai are strictly wild species and Ph. duboscqi, a domestic species. The other species are generalists.The number of Se. antennata and Se. adami decreases with the increase of the density of human population while Se. distincta, Se. vorax and Ph. duboscqi increase with the density of human population in the study site. Based on its previous reports in the Leishmania transmission in West Africa, Ph. duboscqi should still be considered as the main suspected vector in Mokolo. Ph. duboscqi, Se. distincta, Se. affinis ssp. vorax and Se. schwetzi are highly represented around human dwellings.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Tateng, Aime Ngouateu UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Ngouateu, Omer Bebe UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Payne, Vincent Khan UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Maurer, Marcus UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED von Stebut, Esther UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Krueger, Andreas UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Dondji, Blaise UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-686200
DOI:	10.1016/j.actatropica.2022.106809
Journal or Publication Title:	Acta Trop.
Volume:	239
Date:	2023
Publisher:	ELSEVIER
Place of Publication:	AMSTERDAM
ISSN:	1873-6254
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language FLIES DIPTERA PSYCHODIDAE; PHLEBOTOMINE SANDFLIES; SERGENTOMYIA-MINUTA; 1ST DETECTION; STATE; AREA Multiple languages Parasitology; Tropical Medicine Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/68620