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The objective of this study was to determine the species diversity and relative abundance of potential RVFV vectors in the North Region of Cameroon. Adult mosquitoes were trapped during the wet and dry seasons from December 2017 to January 2019 with \u201cEVS Light\u201d traps with CO2 baits placed at selected sites. The captured mosquitoes were identified using dichotomous keys according to standard procedures. The abundance was calculated with regard to site, zone, and collection season. A total of 27,851 mosquitoes belonging to four genera (Aedes, Anopheles, Mansonia, and Culex) and comprising 31 species were caught (including 22 secondary vectors (98.05%) and nine primary vectors (1.94%). The total number of mosquitoes varied significantly depending on the locality (p-value &lt; 0.001). The average number of mosquitoes collected per trap night was significantly higher in irrigated areas (p-value &lt; 0.001), compared to urban and non-irrigated areas. The study revealed the presence of potential primary and secondary vectors of RVFV with varying abundance and diversity according to locality and ecological site in the North Region of Cameroon. The results showed that the genus Mansonia with the species Ma. uniformis and Ma. africana formed the dominant taxon (52.33%), followed by the genera Culex (45.04%) and Anopheles (2.61%). The need for molecular analysis (PCR) tests for RVFV RNA research and viral isolation methods on these vectors to determine their role in the epidemiology and control of RVF cannot be overemphasized.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/insects11110814","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,11,19]],"date-time":"2020-11-19T06:23:52Z","timestamp":1605767032000},"page":"814","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Diversity and Abundance of Potential Vectors of Rift Valley Fever Virus in the North Region of Cameroon"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Poueme Namegni","family":"Rodrigue Simonet","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"National Veterinary Laboratory Cameroon (LANAVET), Garoua BP 503, Cameroon"},{"name":"Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Ngaoundere, Ngaoundere BP 454, Cameroon"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Njan-Nloga","family":"Alexandre Michel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Ngaoundere, Ngaoundere BP 454, Cameroon"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wade","family":"Abel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Veterinary Laboratory Cameroon (LANAVET), Garoua BP 503, Cameroon"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Eisenbarth","family":"Albert","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, 17493 Greifswald, Insel Riems, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0215-185X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Groschup","family":"Martin Hermann","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, 17493 Greifswald, Insel Riems, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Stoek","family":"Franziska","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, 17493 Greifswald, Insel Riems, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,11,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"6","DOI":"10.1186\/s13620-016-0065-6","article-title":"A survey of Rift Valley Fever and associated risk factors among the one-humped camel (Camelus dromedaries) in Sudan","volume":"69","author":"Abdallah","year":"2016","journal-title":"Ir. 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