The cytotaxonomy of Simulium damnosum s.l. (Diptera: Simuliidae) from the Thyolo onchocerciasis focus in Malawi and description of a new member of the complex

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 279-290

  Vajime, C G ^a   Tambala, P A J ^b   Kruger A ^c   Post, R J ^d  

^a BENUE STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b Thyolo District Hospital   (Malawi)

^c BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; LARVA; MALAWI; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; SIMULIUM; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM; SIMULIUM KILIBANUM; SIMULIUM THYOLENSE; SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DISEASE VECTORS; HUMANS; LARVA; MALAWI; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; SIMULIIDAE;

DIPTERA; NEMATODA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM; SIMULIUM KILIBANUM; SIMULIUM THYOLENSE; THYOLO; THYOLO ONCHOCERCIASIS;

EID: 0034080708     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034980050006465     Document Type: Article

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