| cytogenetic and pcr-based identification of s. damnosum "nkusi j" as the anthropophilic blackfly in the uluguru onchocerciasis focus in tanzania. | a combined molecular and cytogenetic analysis was used to identify the local blackfly vectors of onchocerciasis in the uluguru mts. focus, morogoro region, central tanzania. cytotaxonomic identification revealed the occurrence of three cytospecies of the simulium damnosum complex, along altitudinal gradients. the cytoform "nkusi" was found breeding at low to mid-altitudes (100-500 m), while s. kilibanum was found at mid- and high altitudes (300-1260 m), being sympatric with "sebwe" only in the h ... | 2006 | 16827707 |