The elimination of the onchocerciasis vector from the island of Bioko as a result of larviciding by the WHO African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control

Acta Tropica

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 211-218

  Traore S ^a   Wilson, M D ^b   Sima, A ^c   Barro, T ^a   Diallo, A ^a   Ake A ^a   Coulibaly, S ^a   Cheke, R A ^d   Meyer, R R F ^a   Mas, J ^e,f   McCall, P J ^g   Post, R J ^h,i   Zoure H ^a   Noma, M ^a   Yameogo L ^a   Seketeli A V ^a   Amazigo, U V ^a  

^a World Health Organization Ouagadougou   (Burkina Faso)

^b University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE   (Equatorial Guinea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^e HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^f Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo AECID   (Spain)

^g LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^h DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

APOC; Elimination; Equatorial Guinea; Filariasis; Onchocerciasis; Simulium damnosum

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN; TEMEFOS;

BLINDNESS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IVERMECTIN; ONCHOCERCIASIS; SKIN DISORDER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INSECT BITE; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; POPULATION RISK; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULIUM; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM; SKIN DISEASE; VECTOR CONTROL;

ANIMALS; DISEASE VECTORS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; GUINEA; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; ONCHOCERCIASIS; SIMULIIDAE; TEMEFOS;

AFRICA; BIOKO; CENTRAL AFRICA; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

DAMNOSUM COMPLEX; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM; SIMULIUM YAHENSE;

EID: 67650594515     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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