Onchocerca spp.
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https://doi.org/ 10.1186/s13071-021-05072-y |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11110002 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0826879A-2C2C-5172-0BE7-FB300C16E7D3 |
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Felipe |
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Onchocerca spp. |
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Onchocerca spp. transmission intensity as assessed by pool screening
Onchocerca volvulus was the predominant species developing to infective stages in S. damnosum s.l. (106/434 head pools), and while O. ochengi was present in the area (7/417 body pools), only 1/434 head pools were positive for infection. Pool screening revealed estimated infection rates in blackfly heads at Bayomen (0.10%), Nyamongo I (0.33%), and Egona II (0.13%), similar to the percentage of infective (L3H) flies encountered by dissection during the study at these sites (0.13%, 0.36%, and 0.13%, respectively) ( Fig. 7 View Fig ). However, 4/15 pools containing 1453 black flies were positive at Ondouano, 7.9 km from the riverside, despite parasites being absent from the 489 flies dissected at this site.
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