Transmission ecology of the fly Musca sorbens, a putative vector of trachoma
- 1 January 2000
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 94 (1) , 28-32
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0035-9203(00)90427-9
Abstract
Recent evidence suggests that eye-seeking flies are important trachoma vectors. We conducted a series of investigations to identify which species ofKeywords
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