African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC): Onchocerca volvulus' transmission by Simulium squamosum in two regions in the Republic of Cameroon;Programme Africain de Lutte Contre l'Onchocercose (APOC): Intensité de la transmission d'Onchocerca volvulus par Simulium squamosum dans deux régions de la République du Cameroun

Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 272-277

  Enyong, P ^a   Traore S ^b   Demanou, M ^c   Esum, M ^a   Fobi, G ^d   Noma, M ^e   Kayembe D ^f   Seketeli A ^e  

^a Tropical Medicine Research Station   (Cameroon)

^b African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC)   (Burkina Faso)

^c CENTRE PASTEUR DU CAMEROUN   (Cameroon)

^d Special Intervention Zones ^*  (Togo)

^e World Health Organization Ouagadougou   (Burkina Faso)

^f Cliniques Universitaires   (Congo)

Author keywords

APOC; Baseline data; Bolo; Cameroon; Impact assessment; Kahn; Onchocerciasis; Simulium squamosum; Sub Saharan Africa; Vector capacity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FLY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALS; CAMEROON; FEMALE; HUMANS; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; POPULATION DENSITY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SIMULIIDAE;

EID: 33845583162     PISSN: 00379085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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