Detection of Onchocerca volvulus (Nematoda: Onchocercidae) infection in vectors from Amazonian Brazil following mass Mectizan™ distribution

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 197-202

  Marchon Silva, Verônica ^a   Caër, Julien Charles ^a   Post, Rory James ^b   Maia Herzog, Marilza ^a   Fernandes, Octavio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brazil; Ivermectin; Onchocerca volvulus; Onchocerciasis; Polymerase chain reaction; Simulium

Indexed keywords

FILARIOIDEA; NEMATODA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIDAE; SIMULIIDAE; VERMES;

EID: 34047229665     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007005000010     Document Type: Article

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