@article{fdi:26255, title = {{M}alaria and urbanization in {C}entral {A}frica : the example of {B}razzaville : {P}art {II} : {R}esults of entomological surveys and epidemiological analysis}, author = {{T}rape, {J}ean-{F}ran{\c{c}}ois and {Z}oulani, {A}lbert}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {92 night-bite collections on human bait (550 man-nights) and 234 collections of the house-resting fauna were carried out from {O}ctober 1982 to {M}ay 1984 in {B}razzaville. {A} total of 19,531 {C}ulicidae were captured, of which 1,893 were {A}nopheles, almost exclusively {A}. gambiae. {A}n average sporozoite rate of 3·41% was found from dissection of 1,291 {A}. gambiae: one female {A}. moucheti was also found to be infected. {C}onsiderable differences in the intensity of transmission of malaria were observed in the different districts of the town. {W}hereas the inhabitants of {B}razzaville received on average 22·5 infective bites per person per year, in reality this number varies according to the district, from over 100 infective bites per person per year, to less than one infective bite per person every three years. {W}ith the help of classical quantitative epidemiological models, the authors analyse here the over-all results, as well as those of two areas of the town, the first area characterized by a high anopheline density, and the second by the rarity of anopheles.}, keywords = {{PALUDISME} ; {EPIDEMIOLOGIE} ; {MILIEU} {URBAIN} ; {TRANSMISSION} ; {EVOLUTION} ; {DENSITE} {ANOPHELIENNE} ; {TAUX} {DE} {PIQURES} {INFECTANTES} ; {CONGO} ; {BRAZZAVILLE}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{T}ransactions of the {R}oyal {S}ociety of {T}ropical {M}edicine and {H}ygiene}, volume = {81}, numero = {suppl. {N}o 2}, pages = {10--18}, ISSN = {0035-9203}, year = {1987}, DOI = {10.1016/0035-9203(87)90472-{X}}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:26255}, }