| Autor: |
Longo-Pendy NM; Unit of Vector Systems Ecology of Interdisciplinary Centre for Medical Research of Franceville (CIRMF), Franceville BP 769, Gabon., Boundenga L; Unit of Wildlife Parasites and Neglected Parasitosis, Parasitology Department of Interdisciplinary Centre for Medical Research of Franceville (CIRMF), Franceville BP 769, Gabon.; Department of Anthropology, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK., Kutomy POO; National Malaria Control Program, Health Ministry (PNLP), Libreville BP 50, Gabon.; Animals Biology Department of Sciences Faculty, Cheikh Anta Diop University (UCAD), Dakar BP 5005, Senegal., Mbou-Boutambe C; Unit of Wildlife Parasites and Neglected Parasitosis, Parasitology Department of Interdisciplinary Centre for Medical Research of Franceville (CIRMF), Franceville BP 769, Gabon., Makanga B; Research Institute for Tropical Ecology (IRET/CENAREST), Libreville BP 13354, Gabon., Moukodoum N; Unit of Wildlife Parasites and Neglected Parasitosis, Parasitology Department of Interdisciplinary Centre for Medical Research of Franceville (CIRMF), Franceville BP 769, Gabon.; Unit of Evolution, Epidemiology and Parasite Resistance, Parasitology Department of Interdisciplinary Centre for Medical Research of Franceville (CIRMF), Franceville BP 769, Gabon., Obame-Nkoghe J; Unit of Vector Systems Ecology of Interdisciplinary Centre for Medical Research of Franceville (CIRMF), Franceville BP 769, Gabon.; Biology Department, Masuku University of Sciences and Technic (USTM), Franceville BP 943, Gabon., Makouloutou PN; Unit of Wildlife Parasites and Neglected Parasitosis, Parasitology Department of Interdisciplinary Centre for Medical Research of Franceville (CIRMF), Franceville BP 769, Gabon.; Research Institute for Tropical Ecology (IRET/CENAREST), Libreville BP 13354, Gabon., Mounioko F; Unit of Vector Systems Ecology of Interdisciplinary Centre for Medical Research of Franceville (CIRMF), Franceville BP 769, Gabon.; Biology Department, Masuku University of Sciences and Technic (USTM), Franceville BP 943, Gabon., Akone-Ella R; Unit of Vector Systems Ecology of Interdisciplinary Centre for Medical Research of Franceville (CIRMF), Franceville BP 769, Gabon., Nkoghe-Nkoghe LC; Unit of Vector Systems Ecology of Interdisciplinary Centre for Medical Research of Franceville (CIRMF), Franceville BP 769, Gabon., Ngangue Salamba MF; Unit of Vector Systems Ecology of Interdisciplinary Centre for Medical Research of Franceville (CIRMF), Franceville BP 769, Gabon., Lekana-Douki JB; Unit of Evolution, Epidemiology and Parasite Resistance, Parasitology Department of Interdisciplinary Centre for Medical Research of Franceville (CIRMF), Franceville BP 769, Gabon.; Department of Parasitology, Health Science University (USS), Owendo, Libreville BP 4009, Gabon., Kengne P; Unit of Vector Systems Ecology of Interdisciplinary Centre for Medical Research of Franceville (CIRMF), Franceville BP 769, Gabon.; MIVEGEC, IRD, CNRS, University of Montpellier, Montpellier 911 Avenue Agropolis, BP 64501, 34394 Montpellier, France. |
| Abstrakt: |
Gabon is located in the malaria hyper-endemic zone, where data concerning malaria vector distribution remains fragmentary, making it difficult to implement an effective vector control strategy. Thus, it becomes crucial and urgent to undertake entomological surveys that will allow a better mapping of the Anopheles species present in Gabon. In this review, we examined different articles dealing with Anopheles in Gabon from ProQuest, Web of Science, PubMed, and Google scholar databases. After applying the eligibility criteria to 7543 articles collected from four databases, 42 studies were included that covered a 91-year period of study. The review revealed a wide diversity of Anopheles species in Gabon with a heterogeneous distribution. Indeed, our review revealed the presence of 41 Anopheles species, of which the most abundant were members of the Gambiae and Nili complexes and those of the Funestus and Moucheti groups. However, our review also revealed that the major and minor vectors of malaria in Gabon are present in both sylvatic, rural, and urban environments. The observation of human malaria vectors in sylvatic environments raises the question of the role that the sylvatic environment may play in maintaining malaria transmission in rural and urban areas. Ultimately, it appears that knowledge of biodiversity and spatial distribution of Anopheles mosquitoes is fragmentary in Gabon, suggesting that additional studies are necessary to complete and update these entomological data, which are useful for the implementation of vector control strategies. |
