Assessments of the transmission of Onchocerca volvulus by Simulium sanctipauli in the Upper Denkyira District, Ghana, and the intermittent disappearance of the vector

Parasitology Research

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1129-1137

  Garms, R ^a   Badu, K ^b   Owusu Dabo, E ^c   Baffour Awuah, S ^c,e   Adjei, O ^d   Debrah, A Y ^c,e   Nagel, M ^c   Biritwum, N K ^f   Gankpala, L ^g   Post, R J ^h,i   Kruppa, T F ^a,c  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^c KUMASI CENTRE FOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IN TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Ghana)

^d KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^e KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^f GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

^g Liberian Institute of Biomedical Research   (Liberia)

^h LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compliance; Gold mining; Hyperendemic; Infection rate; Onchocerciasis; Parasite reservoir; Turbidity; Vectorial efficiency

Indexed keywords

GOLD; IVERMECTIN; MERCURY; ORGANIC MATTER; RIVER WATER; INSECTICIDE;

ARTICLE; GHANA; INFECTION RATE; INSECT BITE; LARVAL STAGE; MINING; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SIMULIUM; SIMULIUM SANCTIPAULI; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TURBIDITY; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; BREEDING; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LARVA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIMULIIDAE; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GHANA; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; IVERMECTIN; LARVA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; RIVERS; SIMULIIDAE;

EID: 84925461597     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-014-4287-9     Document Type: Article

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