| discrimination between onchocerca volvulus and o. ochengi filarial larvae in simulium damnosum (s.l.) and their distribution throughout central ghana using a versatile high-resolution speciation assay. | genetic surveillance of the human filarial parasite, onchocerca volvulus, from onchocerciasis endemic regions will ideally focus on genotyping individual infective larval stages collected from their intermediate host, simuliid blackflies. however, blackflies also transmit other onchocerca species, including the cattle parasite o. ochengi, which are difficult to distinguish from the human parasite based on morphological characteristics alone. this study describes a versatile approach to discrimin ... | 2016 | 27724959 |