Transmission dynamics of Simulium damnosum in rural communities of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 225-230

  Opara, K N ^a   Usip, L P ^a   Akpabio, E E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Nigeria; Onchocerciasis; Simulium damnosum; Transmission dynamics

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; ENTOMOPATHOGENY; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INSECT BITE; LARVA; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM; SPATIAL SUMMATION; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; VECTOR CONTROL;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; NIGERIA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; SEASONS; SIMULIIDAE;

EID: 52249088395     PISSN: 09729062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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