Mapping of Main Mosquitoes in Mogadishu - Somalia

Abstract: A survey for larvae & adult mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in Mogadishu City, somali, was undertaken during the period of 4 months) of sep October November 2021 by using dips, and spray sheet for indoor collection.; and the following three different species were collected: Aedes.), Anopheles And culex.

Anopheles arabiensis & Aedes aegypti are main vectors species of malaria diseases and Dengue Fever/Dengue. Aedes aegypti is common in most of the urban areas on account of deficient water management, presence of non degradable tyres and long lasting plastic containers as well as increasing public agglomerations and inability of the public health community to mobilize the population to respond to the need to eliminate mosquito breeding sites.Anophles Arabiensis was caught indoor by spray sheet collection. A Wide entomological survey was conducted in Mogadishu districts. It’s purpose was to collect information on the presence or absence of potential vector Aedes aegypti and Anophles Arabiensis habitats .Breeding of Aedes aegypti larvae collected on water holding containers in different houses, were calculated indices of Container and Breteau indices and houses index . The resting of anopheles Arabiensis & Aedes aegypti and the total catch of adult mosquitoes by pyrethrum space spray was also undertaken.

The results showed that, the highest Aedes aegypti container index was recorded in Mogadishu, at 485 larvae collected in which 9.7%(47) was anopheles 18,3 % (89)AEDES , (349)72% was culex., Adult mosquitoes collected were 961 in which 5.7%(55) was anopheles , 18.5%(178) was Aedes, ,75.8%(728) were culex. House index= 63.8, container index = 65% and Breatu index=140

These results proposed that a more urgent, systematic and sustained health education program BCG/IEC to raise public awareness and vector control program that uses both biological and chemical control methods adopted to reduce malaria vector &Aedes aegypti populations to below dengue transmission thresholds.