Reduced prevalence of onchocerciasis in Uganda following either deforestation or vector control with DDT

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 321-325

  Fischer, P ^a   Garms, R ^a   Buttner, D W ^a   Kipp, W ^b   Bamuhiiga, J ^b   Yocha, J ^b  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b German Agy for Tech Cooperation   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE;

DDT; DEFORESTATION; DISEASE CONTRL; ONCHOCERCIASIS; VECTOR CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROFILARIA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PREVALENCE; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM; UGANDA; VECTOR CONTROL;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; DEFORESTATION; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; HEALTH; INGREDIENTS AND CHEMICALS; MEASUREMENT; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITIC DISEASES--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PESTICIDES; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREVALENCE--CHANGES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; STUDIES; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; DDT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONCHOCERCIASIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SIMULIIDAE; TREES; UGANDA;

UGANDA;

SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM; SIMULIUM NEAVEI;

EID: 0031455636     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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