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Onchocerciasis transmission in Ghana: biting and parous rates of host-seeking sibling species of the Simulium damnosum complex

BACKGROUND: Ghana is renowned for its sibling species diversity of the Simulium damnosum complex, vectors of Onchocerca volvulus. Detailed entomological knowledge becomes a priority as onchocerciasis control policy has shifted from morbidity reduction to elimination of infection. To date, understand...

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Autores principales: Lamberton, Poppy HL, Cheke, Robert A, Walker, Martin, Winskill, Peter, Osei-Atweneboana, Mike Y, Tirados, Iñaki, Tetteh-Kumah, Anthony, Boakye, Daniel A, Wilson, Michael D, Post, Rory J, Basáñez, María-Gloria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4247625/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25413569
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-014-0511-9