Onchocerciasis transmission in Ghana: the human blood index of sibling species of the Simulium damnosum complex

BACKGROUND: Vector-biting behaviour is important for vector-borne disease (VBD) epidemiology. The proportion of blood meals taken on humans (the human blood index, HBI), is a component of the biting rate per vector on humans in VBD transmission models. Humans are the definitive host of Onchocerca vo...

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Autores principales: Lamberton, Poppy H. L., Cheke, Robert A., Walker, Martin, Winskill, Peter, Crainey, J. Lee, Boakye, Daniel A., Osei-Atweneboana, Mike Y., Tirados, Iñaki, Wilson, Michael D., Tetteh-Kumah, Anthony, Otoo, Sampson, Post, Rory J., Basañez, María-Gloria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4975878/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27494934
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1703-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4975878/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27494934
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1703-2

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