The unusual occurrence of savanna members of the Simulium damnosum species complex (Diptera: Simuliidae) in southern Sierra Leone in 1988

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 271-280

  Thomson, M C ^a   Davies, J B ^a   Post, R J ^b   Bockarie, M J ^c   Beech Garwood, P A ^c   Kandeh, J ^c  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Med Research Council Laboratories   (Sierra Leone)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM; SIMULIUM SIRBANUM;

EID: 0345118090     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0007485300052561     Document Type: Article

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