Towards the elimination of the bioko form of simulium Yahense from Bioko: Planning and insecticide trials

Acta Zoologica Lituanica

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 132-141

  Cheke, Robert ^a   Meyer, Rolf ^b   Barro, Tele ^c   Mas, Jordi ^d   Sima, Anacleto ^e   Abaga, Simon ^e   Noma, Mounkaila ^c   Sékételi, Azo ^c   Wilson, Michael ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control ^*  (Germany)

^c World Health Organization Ouagadougou   (Burkina Faso)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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

^f University of Ghana   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Bioko; Insecticide; Simulium yahense

Indexed keywords

ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; SIMULIUM YAHENSE;

EID: 68149100004     PISSN: 13921657     EISSN: 16486919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10043-009-0013-8     Document Type: Article

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