Mansonia africana and Mansonia uniformis are Vectors in the transmission of Wuchereria bancrofti lymphatic filariasis in Ghana

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Ughasi, Josephine ^a,c   Bekard, Hilaria Esiawonam ^a   Coulibaly, Maimouna ^b   Adabie Gomez, Delphina ^c   Gyapong, John ^a   Appawu, Maxwell ^a   Wilson, Michael David ^a   Boakye, Daniel Adjei ^a  

^a University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^b Malaria Research and Training Centre   (Mali)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Ghana; Lymphatic filariasis; Mansonia species; Vectors; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BANCROFTIAN FILARIASIS; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GHANA; INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; MANSONIA AFRICANA; MANSONIA UNIFORMIS; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ANIMALS; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; GHANA; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; STERCULIACEAE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANOPHELES MELAS; MANSONIA AFRICANA; MANSONIA UNIFORMIS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 84860551621     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-89     Document Type: Article

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