First sibling species identifications of Nigerian onchocerciasis vectors

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 90-91

  Mafuyai, H B ^a,d   Post, R J ^b   Molyneux, D H ^c   Davies, D H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nigeria; Onchocerca volvulus; Onchocerciasis; Simulium damnosum; Simulium sirbanum; Simulium squamosum; Vectors

Indexed keywords

NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE VECTOR; SHORT SURVEY; SIBLING; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM;

EID: 0031051766     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90409-0     Document Type: Article

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