Stability and change in the distribution of cytospecies of the Simulium damnosum complex (Diptera: Simuliidae) in southern Ghana from 1971 to 2011

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Post, Rory J ^a,b   Cheke, Robert A ^c,d   Boakye, Daniel A ^e   Wilson, Michael D ^e   Osei Atweneboana, Mike Y ^f   Tetteh Kumah, Anthony ^g   Lamberton, Poppy Hl ^d   Crainey, J Lee ^b,h   Yaméogo, Laurent ⁱ   Basáñez, María Gloria ^d  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^d Centre for Environment and Health   (United Kingdom)

^e University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^f CSIR WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

^g GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

^h INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

ⁱ WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Change; Cytospecies distribution; Ghana; Onchocerciasis; Simulium damnosum; Simulium sanctipauli; Simulium sirbanum; Simulium soubrense; Simulium squamosum; Simulium yahense; Stability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHROMOSOME PREPARATION; CYTOTAXONOMY; DEFORESTATION; DIPTERA; FOREST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GHANA; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCIASIS; RIVER; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM; VECTOR CONTROL;

ANIMALS; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; GHANA; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; SIMULIIDAE;

DAMNOSUM COMPLEX; DIPTERA; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM; SIMULIUM SANCTIPAULI; SIMULIUM SIRBANUM; SIMULIUM SOUBRENSE; SIMULIUM SQUAMOSUM; SIMULIUM YAHENSE;

EID: 84880124142     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-205     Document Type: Article

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