Malaria, one of the greatest historical killers of mankind, continues to claim around half a
million lives annually, with almost all deaths occurring in children under the age of five living …

Background This is the second in a series of three articles documenting the geographical
distribution of 41 dominant vector species (DVS) of human malaria. The first paper …

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 Malaria transmission depends on vector life-history parameters and population
dynamics, and particularly on the survival of adult Anopheles mosquitoes. These dynamics …

Malaria is mainly a tropical disease and its transmission cycle is heavily influenced by
environment: The life-cycles of the Anopheles mosquito vector and Plasmodium parasite are …

Nigeria has a high burden of vector borne diseases such as malaria and lymphatic filariasis
(LF). This study aimed to determine the species composition of mosquitoes in Ibadan …

Continuous monitoring of vector species composition, abundance, dynamics, feeding
pattern, and host finding strategy is the base to determine when, what, and how control …

Malaria continues to be a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the tropics several years
after the World Health Organization's roll back malaria (RBM) initiative. The disease is …

Methods: Mosquito collection was carried out from each selected household in each of the
nine selected study villages of Kersa district, using CDC light-traps and pyrethrum spray …

Mosquitoes of the genus, Anopheles are important vectors of plasmodium parasites, causal
agents of malaria. There are over 400 species of anopheles mosquitoes but only 30-40 of …