Recent reduction in the water level of Lake Victoria has created more habitats for Anopheles funestus
Abstract Background The water level of Lake Victoria has fallen more than 1.5 m since 1998, revealing a narrow strip of land along the shore. This study determined whether the recent drop in the water level has created additional breeding grounds for malaria vectors. Methods The recent and past shor...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:17ed3e9cc9694cff9b0ff09b6b1a0a38 2023-05-15T15:08:43+02:00 Recent reduction in the water level of Lake Victoria has created more habitats for Anopheles funestus Futami Kyoko Dida Gabriel O Sonye Gorge Minakawa Noboru Kaneko Satoshi 2008-07-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-7-119 https://doaj.org/article/17ed3e9cc9694cff9b0ff09b6b1a0a38 EN eng BMC http://www.malariajournal.com/content/7/1/119 https://doaj.org/toc/1475-2875 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-119 1475-2875 https://doaj.org/article/17ed3e9cc9694cff9b0ff09b6b1a0a38 Malaria Journal, Vol 7, Iss 1, p 119 (2008) Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 article 2008 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-7-119 2022-12-31T08:52:34Z Abstract Background The water level of Lake Victoria has fallen more than 1.5 m since 1998, revealing a narrow strip of land along the shore. This study determined whether the recent drop in the water level has created additional breeding grounds for malaria vectors. Methods The recent and past shorelines were estimated using landmarks and a satellite image. The locations of breeding habitats were recorded using a GPS unit during the high and low lake water periods. GIS was used to determine whether the breeding habitats were located on newly emerged land between the new and old shorelines. Results Over half of the breeding habitats existed on newly emerged land. Fewer habitats for the Anopheles gambiae complex were found during the low water level period compared to the high water period. However, more habitats for Anopheles funestus were found during the high water level period, and they were all located on the newly emerged land. Conclusion The recent reduction in water level of Lake Victoria has increased the amount of available habitat for A. funestus . The results suggest that the water drop has substantially affected the population of this malaria vector in the Lake Victoria basin, particularly because the lake has a long shoreline that may harbour many new breeding habitats. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Low Lake ENVELOPE(142.677,142.677,-66.993,-66.993) Malaria Journal 7 1 |
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Abstract Background The water level of Lake Victoria has fallen more than 1.5 m since 1998, revealing a narrow strip of land along the shore. This study determined whether the recent drop in the water level has created additional breeding grounds for malaria vectors. Methods The recent and past shorelines were estimated using landmarks and a satellite image. The locations of breeding habitats were recorded using a GPS unit during the high and low lake water periods. GIS was used to determine whether the breeding habitats were located on newly emerged land between the new and old shorelines. Results Over half of the breeding habitats existed on newly emerged land. Fewer habitats for the Anopheles gambiae complex were found during the low water level period compared to the high water period. However, more habitats for Anopheles funestus were found during the high water level period, and they were all located on the newly emerged land. Conclusion The recent reduction in water level of Lake Victoria has increased the amount of available habitat for A. funestus . The results suggest that the water drop has substantially affected the population of this malaria vector in the Lake Victoria basin, particularly because the lake has a long shoreline that may harbour many new breeding habitats. |
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Recent reduction in the water level of Lake Victoria has created more habitats for Anopheles funestus |
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Recent reduction in the water level of Lake Victoria has created more habitats for Anopheles funestus |
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