| [malaria in the central health district of dakar (senegal). entomological, parasitological and clinical data]. | we previously investigated malaria in the southern health district of the city of dakar, which includes the oldest neighborhoods. in this study, we investigated malaria in the central health district, corresponding to the central area of the conurbation. the study was carried out at 12 sites, from march 1996 to february 1997. the sites were selected such that the entire district was covered and included 2 sites in the shanty town and three in an old village that has been absorbed into the city. ... | 2000 | 11022155 |
| ecology of larval mosquitoes, with special reference to anopheles arabiensis (diptera: culcidae) in market-garden wells in urban dakar, senegal. | the urban area of dakar, senegal, contains > 5,000 market-garden wells that provide permanent sites for mosquito larvae, in particular anopheles arabiensis patton, the major vector of malaria. a study of the bioecology of mosquito larvae was conducted over 1 yr with a monthly visit to 48 of these wells. overall, 9,589 larvae were collected of which 80.1% were culicinae and 11.9% anophelinae. larvae from stages iii and iv (n = 853) were identified to 10 species. an. arabiensis represented 86% of ... | 1998 | 9835685 |
| [malaria in the southern sanitary district of dakar (senegal). 2. entomologic data]. | to complete a parasitological survey, entomological prospections were carried out in the southern sanitary district of dakar, the most urbanized of the city and which includes the city centre and the oldest administrative districts. the prospections took place between june 1994 and may 1995 in sites 1.5 km apart, and distributed in such a manner that they covered the entire area. on a monthly basis, female culicidae were collected in each site at night on human volunteers, followed the next day ... | 1998 | 9773207 |