Density and dispersal of the loaiasis vector Chrysops dimidiata in southern Cameroon

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 339-344

  Chippaux, J P ^a,c   Bouchite B ^a   Demanou, M ^a   Morlais, I ^a   Le Goff, G ^b  

^a CENTRE PASTEUR DU CAMEROUN   (Cameroon)

^b Organisation de Coordination pour la Lutte contre les Endemies en Afrique Centrale Cameroon   (Cameroon)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Chrysops dimidiata; Chrysops silacea; Flight range; Large scale; Loaiasis; Mass chemotherapy; Vector control; Vector density

Indexed keywords

DISEASE VECTOR; DISPERSAL; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; FLY; INSECT CONTROL; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CAMEROON; DIPTERA; FEMALE; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; LOIASIS;

CAMEROON;

ANIMALIA; CHRYSOPS; CHRYSOPS DIMIDIATA; CHRYSOPS SILACEA; DIPTERA; INSECTA; TABANIDAE;

EID: 0033825297     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.2000.00249.x     Document Type: Article

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