@article{fdi:010044035,
  title = {{M}alaria transmission in {D}akar : a two-year survey},
  author = {{P}ag{\`e}s, {F}. and {T}exier, {G}. and {P}radines, {B}. and {G}adiaga, {L}. and {M}achault, {V}. and {J}arjaval, {F}. and {P}enhoat, {K}. and {B}erger, {F}. and {T}rape, {J}ean-{F}ran{\c{c}}ois and {R}ogier, {C}. and {S}okhna, {C}heikh},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{B}ackground : {A}ccording to entomological studies conducted over the past 30 years, there was low malaria transmission in suburb of {D}akar but little evidence of it in the downtown area. {H}owever; there was some evidence of local transmission based on reports of malaria among permanent residents. {A}n entomological evaluation of malaria transmission was conducted from {M}ay 2005 to {O}ctober 2006 in two areas of {D}akar. {M}ethods: {M}osquitoes were sampled by human landing collection during 34 nights in seven places in {B}el-air area (238 person-nights) and during 24 nights in five places in {O}uakam area (120 person-nights). {M}osquitoes were identified morphologically and by molecular methods. {T}he {P}lasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite indexes were measured by {ELISA}, and the entomological inoculation rates ({EIR}) were calculated for both areas. {M}olecular assessments of pyrethroid knock down resistance ({K}dr) and of insensitive acetylcholinesterase resistance were conducted. {R}esults: {F}rom {M}ay 2005 to {O}ctober 2006, 4,117 and 797 {A}nopheles gambiae s.l. respectively were caught in {B}el-air and {O}uakam. {T}hree members of the complex were present: {A}nopheles arabiensis (> 98%), {A}nopheles melas (< 1%) and {A}n. gambiae s. s. molecular form {M} (< 1%). {I}nfected mosquitoes were caught only during the wintering period between {S}eptember and {N}ovember in both places. {I}n 2005 and 2006, annual {EIR}s were 9,5 and 4, respectively, in {B}el-air and 3 and 3, respectively, in {O}uakam. {T}he proportion of host-seeking {A}n. gambiae s. l. captured indoors were 17% and 51% in {B}el air and {O}uakam, respectively. {A}ce 1 mutations were not identified in both members of the {A}n. gambiae complex. {K}dr mutation frequency in {A}n. arabiensis was 12% in {B}el-air and 9% in {O}uakam. {C}onclusion: {M}alaria is transmitted in {D}akar downtown area. {I}nfected mosquitoes were caught in two subsequent years during the wintering period in two distant quarters of {D}akar. {T}hese data agree with clinical data from a {S}enegalese military {H}ospital of {D}akar ( {H}ospital {P}rincipal) where most malaria cases occurred between {O}ctober and {D}ecember. {I}t was the first detection of {A}n. melas in {D}akar.},
  keywords = {{SENEGAL} ; {DAKAR}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{M}alaria {J}ournal},
  volume = {7},
  numero = {178},
  pages = {16},
  ISSN = {1475-2875},
  year = {2008},
  DOI = {10.1186/1475-2875-7-178},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010044035},
}