Seasonal distribution and abundance of tsetse flies (Glossina spp.) in the Faro and Deo Division of the Adamaoua Plateau in Cameroon

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-36

  Mamoudou, A ^a,b   Zoli, A ^a   Hamadama, H ^c   Bourdanne, ^a   Abah, S ^c   Geerts, S ^d   Clausen, P H ^b   Zessin, K H ^b   Kyule, M ^b   Van Den Bossche, P ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Mission Spéciale d'Eradication des Glossines ^*  (Cameroon)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adamaoua; Cameroon; Cattle; Distribution; Glossina; Transhumance; Tsetse; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CATTLE; PEST CONTROL; PLATEAU; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TRAPPING; TSETSE FLY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CATTLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH SURVEY; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SEASON; TSETSE FLY;

ANIMALS; CAMEROON; CATTLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEASONS; TSETSE FLIES;

ADAMAOUA; AFRICA; CAMEROON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

BOS; GLOSSINA (GENUS); GLOSSINA MORSITANS; GLOSSINA MORSITANS SUBMORSITANS; GLOSSINA TACHINOIDES;

EID: 41549162449     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2008.00711.x     Document Type: Article

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