| natural vectors of three bovine onchocerca species (nematoda: onchocercidae) and seasonal transmission by three blackfly species (diptera: simuliidae) in central kyushu, japan. | eleven blackfly species were examined in relation to the transmission of bovine onchocerciasis in central kyushu, japan. a total of 19,005 out of 47,746 females captured from june 1989 to june 1990 at two cattle sheds each in oita and kumamoto were dissected for their parities, infections with onchocerca larvae, and intakes of onchocerca microfilariae. overall results showed that simulium bidentatum (shiraki), the predominant species, is a natural vector of the two bovine onchocerca species, i.e ... | 1994 | 8057315 |
| blackfly vectors of zoonotic onchocerciasis in japan. | studies of blackfly vectors of onchocerca dewittei japonica uni, bain & takaoka (spirurida: onchocercidae), a parasite of wild boar implicated in the aetiology of zoonotic onchocerciasis in japan, and six other zoonotic onchocerca species of this country are reviewed. molecular identification of infective larvae found in wild-caught female blackflies showed that simulium bidentatum (shiraki) (diptera: simuliidae) is a natural vector of o. dewittei japonica, and also onchocerca sp. sensu fukuda e ... | 2012 | 22827756 |
| polytene chromosomes of simulium arakawae, a pest species in the simulium venustum group (diptera: simuliidae) from japan. | the chromosomal relationships of simulium arakawae, a black fly of medical-veterinary importance, are resolved relative to other members of the simulium venustum species group and to the standard reference map for the subgenus simulium. simulium arakawae differs from the subgeneric standard by eight fixed inversions, apparently none of which are shared with any of the other 17 chromosomally studied nominal members of the group. the chromosomal features that indicate group membership might have b ... | 2011 | 22041759 |