The current status of onchocerciasis in the forest/savanna transition zone of Côte d'Ivoire

Parasitology

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 407-414

  Adjami, A G ^a   Toe L ^a   Bissan, Y ^a   Bugri, S ^a   Yameogo L ^a   Kone, M ^b   Katholi, C R ^c   Unnasch, T R ^c,d  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b Centre Pierre Richet   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Onchocerca volvulus; River blindness; Simulium damnosum; Strain; West Africa

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLY; FOREST; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAVANNA; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM SENSU;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; COTE D'IVOIRE; DNA, HELMINTH; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIMULIIDAE;

NEMATODA; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM; SIMULIUM NIGRICOXUM;

EID: 2442517421     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182003004724     Document Type: Article

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