Chrysops silacea biting densities and transmission potential in an endemic area of human loiasis in south-west Cameroon

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 371-377

  Wanji, Samuel ^a,b   Tendongfor, Nicholas ^a,b   Esum, Mathias Eyong ^c   Enyong, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^b Research Foundation in Tropical Diseases and Environment   (Cameroon)

^c Tropical Medicine Research Station   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Chrysops silacea; Loa loa; Seasonal biting density; Transmission

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FLY; PEST SPECIES; SEASONALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BITE; BLOOD SMEAR; CAMEROON; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; FLY; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LOA LOA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFILARIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CAMEROON; DIPTERA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; LOA; LOIASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEASONS;

CAMEROON;

CHRYSOPS; LOA LOA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0036268056     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2002.00845.x     Document Type: Article

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