Taxonomy and inventory of the cytospecies and cytotypes of the Simulium damnosum complex (Diptera: Simuliidae) in relation to onchocerciasis

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1342-1353

  Post, R J ^a,c   Mustapha, M ^a   Krueger, A ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Chromosomes; Cytotaxonomy; Inversions; Onchocerciasis; Sibling species; Simulium damnosum

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

CHROMOSOME; FLY; NEMATODE; PARASITIC DISEASE; SIBLING; TAXONOMY;

AUTOSOME; CHEMOTHERAPY; CHROMOSOME 2L; CYTOTYPE; FLY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCIASIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REVIEW; SHUTTLE VECTOR; SIBLING; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM; SIMULIUM DIEGUERENSE; SIMULIUM KAFFAENSE; SIMULIUM KILIBANUM; SIMULIUM MENGENSE; SIMULIUM SIRBANUM; SIMULIUM THYOLENSE; SIMULIUM YAHENSE; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; INSECT VECTORS; INVERSION, CHROMOSOME; ONCHOCERCIASIS; SIMULIIDAE;

ANIMALIA; DAMNOSUM COMPLEX; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM;

EID: 36549060167     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01921.x     Document Type: Review

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