Abstract
Ombugadu A1*, Maikenti JI1, Maro SA1, Vincent SO1, Polycarp IA1, Pam VA1, Samuel MD1, Njila HL2, Pam DD3, Deme GC4, Adejoh VA1, Echor BO2, Attah AS1, Igboanugo SI5, Yina GI3, Ahmed HO1, Aimankhu OP1, Luka J5, Ayuba SO1, Aliyu AA1, Anyim JO1, Micah EM1, Lapang MP3, Luka I3, Mamot LP3, Mafuyai MJ6, Nkup CD7, Angbalaga GA8, Uzoigwe NR1 and Mwansat GS3 Author Affiliations 1Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Nasarawa State, Nigeria 2Department of Science Laboratory Technology, Plateau State, Nigeria 3Department of Zoology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Plateau State, Nigeria 4State Key Laboratory of Ecology and Conservation, Beijing, China 5Department of Zoology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Keffi, Nigeria 6Department of Pest Management Technology, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria 7Department of Biology, College of Arts, Science and Technology, Plateau State, Nigeria 8Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Nasarawa State, Nigeria Received: June 27, 2020 | Published: July 07, 2020 Corresponding author: Ombugadu A, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Federal University of Lafia, Nasarawa State, Nigeria DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2020.28.004691
Highlights
Mosquito are small slender insect dreaded by humans with fragile wing measuring about 4-6mm [1]
A total of 114 indoor resting adult mosquitoes in students hostels of Federal University of Lafia were caught which belong to anopheline and culicine groups that spread across six species namely, Anopheles gambiae, Anopheles squamosous, Anopheles coustani, Culex quinquefasciatus, Aedes aegypti and Mansonia uniformis (Table 1)
The presence of mosquitoes in the students hostels will possibly expose the students to high risk of human-vectors contact that will result in transmission of mosquito-borne diseases which will negatively affect students performance due to loss of both lectures hours and scarce resources meant for upkeep to be used for purchase of drugs
Summary
Mosquito are small slender insect dreaded by humans with fragile wing measuring about 4-6mm [1]. Mosquito are worldwide in distribution [3] and have well developed adaptation that enable them to thrive during breeding in various environment such as contaminated and clean little water bodies, buckets, tyres and hoof prints [4]. Anthropogenic activities such as road construction, mining, irrigation farming which are intended to improve the quality of life of people give rise to breeding sites that are of favorable condition for disease vectors to thrive [46]. Mosquitoes are mostly found around human dwelling and in school environment [7,8,9] and are responsible for the transmission of diseases such as malaria, yellow fever, filariasis, denque which causes morbidity, mortality and socio-economic loss [10]
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