Cytogenetic and PCR-based identification of S. damnosum 'Nkusi J' as the anthropophilic blackfly in the Uluguru onchocerciasis focus in Tanzania

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1066-1074

  Krueger, A ^a   Kalinga, A K ^b   Kibweja, A M ^b   Mwaikonyole, A ^b   Maegga, B T A ^b  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Cytogenetics; Onchocerciasis; rDNA internal transcribed spacer1; Simulium damnosum s.l.; Tanzania; Uluguru Mts.

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RIBOSOME DNA;

ALTITUDE; CYTOGENETICS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE VECTOR; FLY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTICLE; CYTOGENETICS; DISEASE CARRIER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TANZANIA; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; VECTOR CONTROL;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; ONCHOCERCIASIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL HEALTH; SIMULIIDAE; TANZANIA;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; MOROGORO [TANZANIA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; ULUGURU MOUNTAINS;

DAMNOSUM COMPLEX; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM; SIMULIUM KILIBANUM;

EID: 33745750063     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01662.x     Document Type: Article

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