The vector status of Simulium damnosum on the island of Bioko in Equatorial Guinea

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 153-154

  Cheke, R A ^a   McCall, P J ^b   Mas, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Equatorial Guinea; Onchocerca volvulus; Onchocerciasis; Simulium damnosum; Vector

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE VECTOR; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM;

ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM;

EID: 0030992217     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90203-0     Document Type: Article

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