Seasonal variation in biting rates of simulium damnosum sensu lato, vector of onchocerca volvulus, in two sudanese foci

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Zarroug, Isam M A ^a   Hashim, Kamal ^a   Elaagip, Arwa H ^b   Samy, Abdallah M ^c   Frah, Ehab A ^d   Elmubarak, Wigdan A ^a   Mohamed, Hanan A ^a   Deran, Tong Chor M ^a   Aziz, Nabil ^e   Higazi, Tarig B ^f  

^a FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^c Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

^d TROPICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sudan)

^e CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^f OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INSECT BITE; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRECIPITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM SENSU LATO; SUDAN; TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL; CLIMATE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT VECTOR; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SIMULIIDAE; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

RAIN;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; RAIN; SEASONS; SIMULIIDAE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SUDAN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84961112662     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150309     Document Type: Article

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