Vector competence of the Simulium damnosum complex in Cameroon for Onchocerca spp. from cattle

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 200-202

  Wahl, Goetz ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Africa; Cameroon; Ingestion density ratio; Microfilariae; O.dukei; O.gutturosa; O.ochengi; Onchocerca armillata; Onchocerca larval development; Onchocerciasis; Onchocerciasis vectors; S.hargreavesi. S.sirbanum; S.squamosum; Simulium damnosum

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; DAMNOSUM COMPLEX; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCA ARMILLATA; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CATTLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FLY; HUMAN; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CAMEROON; CATTLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; SIMULIIDAE;

EID: 0030124075     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1996.tb00732.x     Document Type: Article

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