Endemic mansonellosis in Emohua Local Government Area, Nigeria: Human parasitaemia and Culicoides biting patterns

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-45

  Uttah, E C ^a   Etim, S ^a   Okonofua, C ^b   Effiom, O E ^c  

^a CROSS RIVER UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^b Crawford University   (Nigeria)

^c Electronic and Computer Engineering   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Biting patterns; Culicoides sp; Mansonella perstans; Mansonellosis; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANIMAL TRAPPING; ARTICLE; BLOOD STAIN; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULICOIDES; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; INSECT CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MANSONELLA PERSTANS; MANSONELLIASIS; MICROFILARIASIS; MICROSCOPY; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT VECTORS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MANSONELLA; MANSONELLIASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PARASITEMIA; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952923964     PISSN: 09729062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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