The thermal constant of the onchocerciasis vector Simulium damnosum s.l. in West Africa

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 236-238

  Cheke, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Control; Development rates; Onchocerciasis; Simulium damnosum; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE VECTOR; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; LARVA; MALE; ONCHOCERCIASIS; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; SIMULIIDAE; TEMPERATURE;

AFRICA, WESTERN; ANIMALS; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; MALE; ONCHOCERCIASIS; OVUM; PUPA; SIMULIIDAE; TEMPERATURE;

WEST AFRICA;

DAMNOSUM COMPLEX; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM;

EID: 84860537406     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2011.00980.x     Document Type: Article

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