Spatial and temporal variation in biting rates and parasite transmission potentials of onchocerciasis vectors in Ecuador

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 178-195

  Vieira, J C ^a   Brackenboro, L ^b,e   Porter, C H ^c   Basanez M G ^d   Collins, R C ^e  

^a HOSPITAL VOZANDES   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Division of Viral Hepatitis   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecuador; Ivermectin; Onchocerciasis; Simulium exiguum s.l.; Simulium quadrivittatum; Vectorial capacity

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; ECUADOR; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOST; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INSECT BITE; LARVAL STAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; SIMULIUM; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BITES AND STINGS; ECUADOR; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; IVERMECTIN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS; SIMULIIDAE; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING; TIME FACTORS;

SIMULIUM EXIGUUM; SIMULIUM QUADRIVITTATUM;

EID: 12144283503     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2004.03.012     Document Type: Article

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