Potential effects of warmer worms and vectors on onchocerciasis transmission in West Africa

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1665, 2015, Pages 1-14

  Cheke, Robert A ^a,b   Basáñez, Maria Gloria ^b   Perry, Malorie ^b   White, Michael T ^b   Garms, Rolf ^c   Obuobie, Emmanuel ^d   Lamberton, Poppy H L ^b   Young, Stephen ^a   Osei Atweneboana, Mike Y ^d   Intsiful, Joseph ^e   Shen, Mingwang ^f   Boakye, Daniel A ^g   Wilson, Michael D ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^d CSIR WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^f XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g University of Ghana   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Mathematical models; Onchocerca volvulus; Rainfall; River discharges; Simulium damnosum complex; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; FLY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LARVA; SAVANNA; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

GHANA; LIBERIA [WEST AFRICA]; WEST AFRICA;

DAMNOSUM COMPLEX; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LARVA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; OVUM; PHYSIOLOGY; PUPA; SIMULIIDAE; TEMPERATURE; TRANSMISSION;

AFRICA, WESTERN; ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; OVUM; PUPA; SIMULIIDAE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84922963993     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0559     Document Type: Article

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