Human Onchocerciasis in the Amazonian Area of Southern Venezuela: Spatial and Temporal Variations in Biting and Parity Rates of Black Fly (Diptera: Simuliidae) Vectors

ABSTRACT We investigated some entomological factors underlying altitudinal prevalence variation in the Venezuelan Amazonia human onchocerciasis focus. Spatial and temporal variation in relative abundance, daily biting rate, proportion of parous ßies , and monthly parous biting rate were studied for...

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Published:	2001
Subjects:	Simulium oyapockense Simulium incrustatum Simulium guianense biting rate and parity onchocerciasis Amazonas
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10872/7312
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