Abstract:
The study was conducted to determine the abundance of mosquito species within
Sokoto metropolis. Three (3) locations, which are Danbuwa, Gobirawa and GidanIgwai,
in three (3) Local Government Areas, namely; DangeShuni, Sokoto South and Sokoto
North Local Government Areas respectively, were sampled out of the five (5) Local
Government Areas that make up Sokoto Metropolis were sampled. A total of 341
Mosquitoes species belonging to two genera were
collected. The genera identified are
Anopheles
and
Culex. The number of
Culex
and
Anopheles
were 213(62.5%) and
128(37.5%) respectively, showing a significant difference between the two genera. The
total number of males was 194, representing 56.9% of the sample and a total number of
females was 147, representing 43.1% of the total sample, showing a significant difference
between the gender (P >0.05)
The total number of the engorged Mosquitoes collected were 57, representing 39%
of the total sample, while the total number of the not engorged mosquitoes collected were
90, representing 61% of the total sample collected. There was no significant difference
between the engorged and the not engorged mosquitoes P <0.05. The number of males
recorded in Danbuwa area was more than the number of females. In Gobirawa area also,
more males than females were re
corded. Also in GidanIgwai area, the number of males
recorded was more than the number of females. However, these values were insignificant
(p<0.05).
Finally, only Danbuwa had more number of engorged females than the not
engorged, the other two areas had lesser number of engorged than the not engorged. The
values were, however, also insignificant (p<0.05).
The results of the study is of Public Health concern as the species of
mosquitoes encountered have been known for the transmission of one form
of disease
or the other.
