The Simulium damnosum complex in western Uganda and its role as a vector of Onchocerca volvulus

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 819-826

  Kruger A ^a   Nurmi, V ^a   Yocha, J ^b   Kipp, W ^c   Rubaale, T ^c   Garms, R ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^c Financial Systems Development Section   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytotaxonomy; Diptera; Onchocerciasis; Simuliidae; Simulium damnosum complex; Uganda; Vector control

Indexed keywords

DISEASE VECTOR; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE;

ARTICLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FLY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM; UGANDA; VECTOR CONTROL;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; DISEASE VECTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; SIMULIIDAE; UGANDA;

UGANDA;

DAMNOSUM COMPLEX; DIPTERA; NEMATODA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM; SIMULIUM KILIBANUM; SIMULIUM NEAVEI; SIMULIUM PANDANOPHILUM;

EID: 0033403902     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00498.x     Document Type: Article

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