Two new cytoforms of the Simulium damnosum complex (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Malawi and Tanzania and potential onchocerciasis vectors

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 805-811

  Kruger A ^a   Kalinga, A K ^b   Post, R J ^c   Maegga, B T A ^b  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diptera; Malawi; Njombe; Nyika; Onchocerciasis; Sibling species; Simuliidae; Simulium damnosum s.l.; Simulium thyolense; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; DISEASE VECTOR; ONCHOCERCIASIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLY; MALAWI; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCIASIS; RIVER; SIMULIUM; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM; SIMULIUM THYOLENSE; TANZANIA;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; MALAWI; MALE; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SIMULIIDAE; TANZANIA;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

ARACHNIDA; DAMNOSUM COMPLEX; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM; SIMULIUM THYOLENSE;

EID: 3242738258     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01270.x     Document Type: Article

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