MASTER DISSERTATION: Malaria is one of the major public health problems in Cameroon by Stevia Ntadoun

 Vector control using insecticides remains one of the most effective means of preventing this disease. However its effectiveness is threatened by the emergence of resistance to insecticides in the main vectors, including Anopheles funestus.   “Assessment of the association between a genomic variation of 4.3 kilobase pairs (kb) and resistance to insecticides in Anopheles funestus,…

Environmental mutations in the Campo focus challenge elimination of sleeping sickness transmission in Cameroon

Abstract Sleeping sickness is still prevalent in Campo, southern Cameroon, despite the efforts of World Health Organization and the National Control Programme in screening and treating cases. Reducing disease incidence still further may need the control of tsetse vectors. We update entomological and parasitological parameters necessary to guide tsetse control in Campo. Tsetse flies were…