The knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) on the control of mosquitoes and mosquito-borne diseases were investigated in urban informal settlements of Lagos State, Nigeria, during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) period. The survey was conducted between December 2021 and March 2022 using a cross-sectional approach in the informal settlements of Bariga, Makoko, and Ajegunle, and in the formal settlement of Ikeja, all in Lagos State. A total of 400 semistructured questionnaires, 100 per community, were administered to consenting adult participants, and the data collected were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The results showed that of the total respondents, 262 (65.5%) claimed to have previously seen mosquito larvae, while 54.2% of the total were aware that larvae usually develop into adult mosquitoes. Only 167 (41.8%) of the respondents owned insecticide-treated bed nets, out of which 126 (75.4%) slept under such bed nets. The rate of bed net ownership and reasons for not using them were significant in relation to the study communities. The majority of respondents (81.2%) reported using aerosol insecticides almost daily, potentially contributing to the challenge of insecticide resistance in mosquito vectors. Of the mosquito-borne diseases endemic in Nigeria, malaria was the most well-known by respondents (62.7%), followed by yellow fever (13.6%), and lymphatic filariasis (1.5%). These findings highlight the need for both public education on mosquito control and government interventions in urban informal settlements.

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尼日利亚西南部拉各斯城市非正规住区有关蚊虫控制的知识、态度和做法

在 2019 年冠状病毒病 (COVID-19) 期间，对尼日利亚拉各斯州城市非正式住区的蚊子和蚊媒疾病控制知识、态度和做法 (KAP) 进行了调查。该调查于 2021 年 12 月至 2022 年 3 月期间采用横断面调查方法，在拉各斯州的巴里加 (Bariga)、马科科 (Makoko) 和阿杰贡勒 (Ajegunle) 的非正式住区以及伊凯贾 (Ikeja) 的正式住区进行。总共向同意的成年参与者发放了 400 份半结构化问卷（每个社区 100 份），并使用描述性统计和推论统计对收集的数据进行了分析。结果显示，共有262人（65.5%）受访者声称曾见过蚊子幼虫，而54.2%的受访者知道幼虫通常会发育成成蚊。只有 167 人（41.8%）的受访者拥有经过杀虫剂处理的蚊帐，其中 126 人（75.4%）睡在这种蚊帐下。蚊帐拥有率和不使用蚊帐的原因与研究社区密切相关。大多数受访者（81.2%）表示几乎每天都使用气雾杀虫剂，这可能会导致蚊媒对杀虫剂产生抗药性的挑战。在尼日利亚流行的蚊媒疾病中，受访者最熟悉的是疟疾（62.7%），其次是黄热病（13.6%）和淋巴丝虫病（1.5%）。这些发现强调了对蚊子控制进行公众教育和政府对城市非正规住区进行干预的必要性。