Evaluation of a Community-Based Trapping Program to Collect Simulium ochraceum sensu lato for Verification of Onchocerciasis Elimination

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Rodríguez Pérez, Mario A ^a,b   Adeleke, Monsuru A ^c   Rodríguez Luna, Isabel C ^a   Cupp, Eddie W ^d   Unnasch, Thomas R ^e  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^c OSUN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^d AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL TRAPPING; ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ECOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESPERANZA WINDOW TRAP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SIMULIUM; SIMULIUM OCHRACEUM; VECTOR CONTROL; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; INSECT CONTROL; MEXICO; PROCEDURES; SIMULIIDAE; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; MEXICO; ONCHOCERCIASIS; SIMULIIDAE;

EID: 84920517954     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003249     Document Type: Article

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