[Vectorial fauna at the site of the future dam at Memve'ele(Cameroon)]

Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 1994;87(4):261-6.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The present study was designed to assess the health risk of the future hydroelectric dam of Memve'ele with reference to vector-borne diseases. Entomological and malacological surveys were carried out in the project area. The main vectors collected were Anopheles gambiae and An. nili for malaria; Simulium damnosum for onchocerciasis; Glossina palpalis for trypanosomiasis; Chrysops dimidiata and C. silacea for loasis. No snail host of schistosome was reported. The risk of introduction of the diseases they transmit are discussed.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anopheles
  • Arthropods
  • Cameroon
  • Disease Vectors*
  • Humans
  • Loiasis / transmission
  • Malaria / transmission
  • Onchocerciasis / transmission
  • Risk Factors
  • Simuliidae
  • Trypanosomiasis / transmission
  • Tsetse Flies
  • Water*

Substances

  • Water