The imaramagambo onchocerciasis focus in southwestern Uganda: Interruption of transmission after disappearance of the vector simulium neavei and its associated freshwater crabs

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 417-425

  Katabarwa, Moses N ^a   Katamanywa, James ^b   Lakwo, Thomson ^c   Habomugisha, Peace ^d   Byamukama, Edson ^d   Oguttu, David ^c   Nahabwe, Christine ^c   Ngabirano, Monica ^c   Tukesiga, Ephraim ^b   Khainza, Annet ^d   Tukahebwa, Edridah ^c   Unnasch, Thomas R ^e   Richards, Frank O ^a   Garms, Rolf ^f  

^a CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^b Health Services   (Uganda)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^d Carter Center Uganda   (Uganda)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^f BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; IVERMECTIN; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CRAB; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POTAMONAUTES ALOYSIISABAUDIAE; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY; SIMULIUM; SIMULIUM NEAVEI; UGANDA; ANIMAL; BRACHYURA; DISEASE ERADICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; INCIDENCE; INSECT VECTOR; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIMULIIDAE; TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BRACHYURA; DISEASE ERADICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSECT VECTORS; IVERMECTIN; LARVA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; SIMULIIDAE; UGANDA;

EID: 84982786850     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0181     Document Type: Article

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