Author :
Salihu, I.M*. Muhammed, A.J., Aliyu, D.A., Hamza, U.I., Ibrahim, Y., Olayemi, I.K., Garba Y., Aliyu S.L., Gusau, A. Y, Nma-Estu, M., Usman M.Maurizka
Volume :
1
Issue :
2
Abstract :
This study assessed the influence of bed nets and insecticide application on distribution of Culicine mosquito in urban center of Lavun Local Government of Niger State. Mosquito borne disease has resulted for about 627,000 deaths in the world 602,000 in African and 199,689 in Nigeria, according to world malaria report by World Health Organization (2021). Adult mosquitoes were collected indoors using pyrethrum spray catch (PSC). They were identified morphologically into species and categorized according to their physiological status, using standard identification keys. Two Culicines species were recorded, which are Culex quinquefasciatus and Culex pipiens pipiens in Kutigi Metropolis during the study period. Temperature and relative humidity played an important significant role in Culicine species abundance that is, it influenced their number negatively in Kutigi Metropolis (-0.78893 and -0.28089 respectively). Furthermore, Culicine species correlated positively with open, semi close and close eave types, but between close eave were not significant (r = 0.50341, 0.59705 and 0.27974 respectively) during the study period. The study further recommends prevalence of Culicine born disease in the subject population living in the locality and there is a need for more studies on species distribution and abundance of the same species season-wise to see if their distribution will follow the same pattern year-round.
Keyword :
Eave types, Houses, pyrethrum spray catch, Temperature, Relative Humidity.