Studies on the biology of Simuliidae (Diptera) at the Santiago onchocerciasis focus in Ecuador, with special reference to the vectors and disease transmission
- 1 January 1985
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 79 (3) , 328-338
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(85)90373-6
Abstract
A survey showed the presence of seven simuliid species in the onchocerciasis focus in Ecuador Simulium exiguum and S. quadrivittatum were the two most common anthropophilic species and were shown to be both experimental and natural vectors of Onchocerca volvulus. S. antillarum only occasionally bit man. Observations were made on the biology of the two vector species and it was evident that S. exiguum was the primary vector of onchocerciasis in the rainy season. The relevance of these findings to the epidemiology and control of onchocerciasis in Ecuador are discussed.Keywords
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