Onchocerciasis Transmission in Ghana: Persistence under Different Control Strategies and the Role of the Simuliid Vectors

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Lamberton, Poppy H L ^a   Cheke, Robert A ^a,b   Winskill, Peter ^a   Tirados, Iñaki ^b,c   Walker, Martin ^a   Osei Atweneboana, Mike Y ^d   Biritwum, Nana Kwadwo ^e   Tetteh Kumah, Anthony ^e   Boakye, Daniel A ^f   Wilson, Michael D ^f   Post, Rory J ^g,h   Basañez, María Gloria ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d CSIR WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

^e GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

^f University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^g LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; IVERMECTIN; ANTIFILARIAL AGENT; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL TRAPPING; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EGG LAYING; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCA OCHENGI; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIIDAE DAMNOSUM; SIMULIIDAE SANCTIPAULI; SIMULIIDAE SOUBRENSE; SIMULIIDAE SQUAMOSUM; SIMULIIDAE YAHENSE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; VECTOR CONTROL; ANIMAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; GENETICS; GHANA; INSECT VECTOR; LARVA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FILARICIDES; GHANA; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; IVERMECTIN; LARVA; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SIMULIIDAE;

EID: 84929485518     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003688     Document Type: Article

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