Elimination of the Djodji form of the blackfly Simulium sanctipauli sensu stricto as a result of larviciding by the WHO Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 172-174

  Cheke, R A ^a   Fiasorgbor, G K ^b   Walsh, J F ^b,c   Yameogo, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

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

^c NRI ^*

Author keywords

Control; Djodji form; Elimination; Larviciding; Onchocerciasis; Simulium sanctipauli

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE VECTOR; FLY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LARVA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; TAXONOMY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; FLY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; ONCHOCERCIASIS; POPULATION DENSITY;

AFRICA, WESTERN; ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; POPULATION DENSITY; SIMULIIDAE;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TOGO; WEST AFRICA;

DAMNOSUM COMPLEX; DIPTERA; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM; SIMULIUM SANCTIPAULI;

EID: 44349155904     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2008.00725.x     Document Type: Article

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