Recent reduction in the water level of Lake Victoria has created more habitats for Anopheles funestus

• Published in: Malaria Journal
• Main Authors: Futami Kyoko, Dida Gabriel O, Sonye Gorge, Minakawa Noboru, Kaneko Satoshi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2008
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Low Lake
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-7-119; https://doaj.org/article/17ed3e9cc9694cff9b0ff09b6b1a0a38

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...