Transmission ecology of the fly Musca sorbens, a putative vector of trachoma

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 28-32

  Emerson, Paul M ^a,b,c   Bailey, Robin L ^a,b   Mahdi, Olaimatu S ^a   Walraven, Gijs E L ^a   Lindsay, Steve W ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Musca domestica; Musca sorbens; The Gambia; Trachoma; Transmission; Vector behaviour

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FLY; GAMBIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASON; SPECIES; TRACHOMA; VECTOR CONTROL;

EID: 0033996659     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(00)90427-9     Document Type: Article

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