Distribution of the Simulium damnosum complex on Bioko island, Equatorial Guinea, and the potential for onchocerciasis elimination by vector eradication

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 267-275

  McCall, P J ^a   Cheke, R A ^b   Wilson, M D ^c   Post, R J ^d   Flook, P K ^a   Mank, R ^e   Sima, A ^f   Mas, J ^g  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f Ministerio de Sanidad   (Equatorial Guinea)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioko; Equatorial Guinea; Onchocerciasis; Simuliidae; Simulium damnosum; Vector control

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE VECTOR; INSECTICIDE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BIOKO; EQUATORIAL GUINEA;

ANIMALIA; DAMNOSUM COMPLEX; DIPTERA; INSECTA; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM;

EID: 0032122219     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.1998.00112.x     Document Type: Article

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