Relationships between Waters Quality and Mosquito Presence and Abundance: A PCA-Based Study in Souk el Arbaa, Morocco
A. Kbibch, Kh. EL Khokh, Y. Larhbali, Aalama Fatima, Y. El Guamri, H. Darif, D. Belghyti
South Asian Journal of Research in Microbiology · pp. 37–47 · Published 3 Dec 2024
10.9734/sajrm/2024/v18i12405Abstract
The degradation of the natural environment with urbanization and ruralization leads to the creation of new areas favorable to the proliferation of mosquitoes, which explains the generally considerable dispersion. The objective of our statistical study is to highlight how the quality of wastewater influences the density and proliferation of mosquitoes in the region of Souk el Arbaa (North-West Morocco). For two years, we carried out a statistical analysis (Principal Component Analysis (PCA), elementary and descriptive) on the variations in the density of species in the three sites studied. After having identified 5 species of the genus Culex (Culex pipiens Linné 1758, Culex theileri Theobald 1903, Culex perexiguus Theobald 1901, Culex impudicus Ficalbi 1890, Culex quinquefasciatus 1823). In the prospected breeding sites, the systematic inventory of Culicidae revealed that a breeding site must be rich in chloride, organic matter and ammoniacal nitrogen to allow the mosquito to develop rapidly and reach high densities.
Cited by 0
No indexed citations yet.
Related research
- Risk Factors Associated with Salmonella Contamination of Chicken Carcases in Traditional Slaughterhouses in Morocco — shares topic coverage
- Fungal Communities in Roots, Soil Inhabiting Nematodes and Physico-chemical Parameters of Soils in Three Farms of Commercial Strawberry Production in Moulay Bousselham (Morocco) — shares topic coverage
- Ethnomedicinal Evaluation of Medicinal Plants Used against Gastrointestinal Disorders in the Western Middle Atlas Region (Morocco) — shares topic coverage
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Carriage in Poultry Farmers and Poultry Slaughterers in Ouarzazate - Morocco — shares topic coverage
- Influence of Variations in Climatic Factors and Some Cultural Practices on Knot Disease Development on Oleaster and Olive Tree (Olea europaea L,) Northwest of Morocco — shares topic coverage
Article metrics
Real usage data collected on this platform.
0
Page views
0
PDF downloads
0
Outbound clicks
0
Citations
Views by country
Approximate, from request IP at view time — not citizenship or institution. Countries with fewer than 5 views are grouped as "Other".
No views recorded yet.
Traffic sources
Referring site, by host.
No traffic recorded yet.
Views and downloads exclude known bots/crawlers. Citations combines this platform's own DOI-resolved index with each external source's own reported total — see Cited by above for individually listed citing works. Last refreshed 0 seconds ago.