Publications
| onchocerciasis in benue state of nigeria iii: a study of bionomics of simulium damnosum (theobald) complex at manor. | results of a 12-month study (january-december 1981) on the breeding sites, incidence and infection rates of simulium damnosum in an area of benue state of nigeria endemic for human onchocerciasis are given. natural and artificial breeding sites are described. permanent and temporary breeding sites were recognized along the rivers in the study area and the intensity of rains was found to be the only factor which determined the permanency or temporary nature of a breeding site. all adult blackflie ... | 1983 | 6685714 |
| a survey of simulium control in africa. | it has become possible to control or even eradicate the simulium fly vectors of onchocerca volvulus, the causative organism of onchocerciasis. there are two vectors in africa-namely, s. damnosum, characteristic of the rivers of west africa, and s. neavei, which breeds on the carapaces of crabs in the streams of east africa. the use of ddt applied to the water at a concentration as low as 0.1 p.p.m. for 30 minutes eliminates the larvae of simulium. such larvicidal methods have eradicated s. neave ... | 1962 | 14015908 |