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Identification of the onchocerciasis vector in the Kakoi-Koda focus of the Democratic Republic of Congo

BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to characterise the vector in a small hyper-endemic focus of onchocerciasis (the Kakoi-Koda focus) which has recently been discovered on the western slopes of the rift valley above Lake Albert. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Aquatic stages of blackflies w...

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Autores principales:	Post, Rory J., Laudisoit, Anne, Mandro, Michel, Lakwo, Thomson, Laemmer, Christine, Pfarr, Kenneth, Hoerauf, Achim, Tortosa, Pablo, Gomard, Yann, Ukety, Tony, Mande, Claude, Farovitch, Lorne, Amazigo, Uche, Bakajika, Didier, Oguttu, David W., Awaca, Naomi, Colebunders, Robert
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2022
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9668120/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36331979 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010684

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