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Female blackflies were collected in two villages (Bayomen and Biatsota) using human landing method for a period of 12 months. Blackflies were dissected and entomological indices were computed. Monthly temperature, precipitation, and humidity were collected and the Spearman correlation rank test was used to assess the relationship between biting rates and climatic variables. The highest biting rates (62,280 bites\/human\/month in Bayomen and 42,090 bites\/human\/month in Biatsota) were recorded during the long rainy season (November). The Onchocerca volvulus transmission was greater during the long dry season in both villages, with a peak at the beginning of the long dry season in Biatsota (100 infective larvae\/human\/month), and at the middle of the long dry season in Bayomen (92 infective larvae\/human\/month). No correlation was found between biting rates and selected climatic variables in the two villages. This study revealed that onchocerciasis transmission is ongoing in the study area despite almost 25 years of Community-Directed Treatment with Ivermectin. In accordance with WHO recommendations, vector control should be used in combination with mass drug administration to accelerate transmission interruption of onchocerciasis. To be optimal, this vector control should be implemented during the long dry season (November to March) when water volumes are low and transmission potentials are high.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1093\/jme\/tjac133","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,9,16]],"date-time":"2022-09-16T11:18:33Z","timestamp":1663327113000},"page":"2130-2138","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Status of <i>Onchocerca volvulus<\/i> (Spirurida: Onchocercidae) Transmission and Effect of Climatic Variables on the Vector Population Dynamics After Two Decades of Ivermectin-based Preventive Chemotherapy in the Mbam Valley (Centre Region, Cameroon)"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"59","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5617-5526","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Andr\u00e9","family":"Domche","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Research on Filariasis and Other Tropical Diseases (CRFilMT) , Yaound\u00e9 , Cameroon"},{"name":"Parasitology and Ecology Laboratory, Department of Animal Biology and Physiology, Faculty of Science, University of Yaound\u00e9 1 , Yaound\u00e9 , Cameroon"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Philippe B","family":"Nwane","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Research on Filariasis and Other Tropical Diseases (CRFilMT) , Yaound\u00e9 , Cameroon"},{"name":"Parasitology and Ecology Laboratory, Department of Animal Biology and Physiology, Faculty of Science, University of Yaound\u00e9 1 , Yaound\u00e9 , Cameroon"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hugues C","family":"Nana Djeunga","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Research on Filariasis and Other Tropical Diseases (CRFilMT) , Yaound\u00e9 , Cameroon"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Guy R","family":"Njitchouang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Research on Filariasis and Other Tropical Diseases (CRFilMT) , Yaound\u00e9 , Cameroon"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"S\u00e9bastien D","family":"Pion","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"TransVIHMI, University of Montpellier, Institut de Recherche pour le D\u00e9veloppement (IRD), Institut National de la Sant\u00e9 et de la Recherche M\u00e9dicale (INSERM) , Montpellier , France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michel","family":"Boussinesq","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"TransVIHMI, University of Montpellier, Institut de Recherche pour le D\u00e9veloppement (IRD), Institut National de la Sant\u00e9 et de la Recherche M\u00e9dicale (INSERM) , Montpellier , France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Flobert","family":"Njiokou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Parasitology and Ecology Laboratory, Department of Animal Biology and Physiology, Faculty of Science, University of Yaound\u00e9 1 , Yaound\u00e9 , Cameroon"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Joseph","family":"Kamgno","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaound\u00e9 1 , Yaound\u00e9 , Cameroon"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,9,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"2022111613195136900_CIT0001","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"19","DOI":"10.1179\/136485908X337436","article-title":"The African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC)","volume":"102","author":"Amazigo","year":"2008","journal-title":"Ann. 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