Onchocerca ochengi transmission dynamics and the correlation of O. ochengi microfilaria density in cattle with the transmission potential

Veterinary Research

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 611-621

  Achukwi, Mbunkah Daniel ^a,b   Harnett, William ^b   Renz, Alfons ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT IRAD   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Microfilariae density; Onchocerca ochengi; Onchocerca volvulus; Simulium damnosum s.l.; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; ONCHOCERCA OCHENGI; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM;

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FLY; HISTOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT BITE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MICROFILARIA; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SKIN; TIME;

ANIMALS; CAMEROON; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FRESH WATER; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT VECTORS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MICROFILARIA; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; SEASONS; SIMULIIDAE; SKIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034324712     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/vetres:2000144     Document Type: Article

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