Potential vectors of loiasis and other tabanids on the Island of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 221-223

  Cheke, R A ^a   Mas, J ^b   Chainey, J E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioko; C.silaceus; Chrysops dimidiatus; Equatorial Guinea; Ivermectin; Loa loa; Loiasis; Onchocerciasis; Tabanidae

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BIOKO ISLAND; EQUATORIAL GUINEA;

ANIMALIA; CHRYSOPS; DIPTERA; HAEMATOPOTA; LOA LOA; NEMATODA; ONCHOCERCIDAE; TABANIDAE;

EID: 0038011501     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.2003.00436.x     Document Type: Article

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