Human onchocerciasis in the Amazonian area of southern Venezuela: Spatial and temporal variations in biting and parity rates of black fly (Diptera: Simuliidae) vectors

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 520-530

  Grillet, María Eugenia ^a,b   Basáñez, María Gloria ^b,c   Vivas Martínez, Sarai ^b   Villamizar, Nestor ^b   Frontado, Hortensia ^b   Cortez, José ^b   Coronel, Pablo ^b   Botto, Carlos ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b Puerto Ayacucho   (Venezuela)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Amazonas; Biting rate and parity; Onchocerciasis; Simulium guianense; Simulium incrustatum; Simulium oyapockense

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM GUIANENSE; SIMULIUM INCRUSTATUM; SIMULIUM NIGRICOXUM; SIMULIUM OYAPOCKENSE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; FLY; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; ONCHOCERCIASIS; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT VECTORS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; SIMULIIDAE; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0035406587     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-38.4.520     Document Type: Article

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