Twenty-two years of blackfly control in the onchocerciasis control programme in West Africa

Parasitology Today

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 425-431

  Hougard, Jean Marc ^a   Yaméogo, Laurent ^b   Sékétéli, Azodoga ^b   Boatin, Boakye ^b   Dadzie, Kofi Yankum ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

AFRICA; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE CONTROL; REVIEW; VECTOR CONTROL;

EID: 0031281477     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(97)01145-9     Document Type: Review

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