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@article{Basáñez:1988:10.1080/00034983.1988.11812296,
author = {Basáñez, MG and Yarzábal, L and Takaoka, H and Suzuki, H and Noda, S and Tada, I},
doi = {10.1080/00034983.1988.11812296},
journal = {Ann Trop Med Parasitol},
pages = {597--611},
title = {The vectoral role of several blackfly species (Diptera: Simuliidae) in relation to human onchocerciasis in the Sierra Parima and Upper Orinoco regions of Venezuela.},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00034983.1988.11812296},
volume = {82},
year = {1988}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Experimental and natural infections with Onchocerca volvulus were studied in several anthropophilic blackfly species present in the endemic area of the Upper Orinoco region of Venezuela. When fed on four different Yanomami volunteers in the Sierra Parima, the total infection rate was 31.4% for Simulium guianense in comparison with 7.5% for S. limbatum. The proportion of ingested microfilariae that entered the thorax during the first 24 hours and completed development to the infective stage was also much lower in the latter than in the former species. There was no larval development of O. volvulus in S. antillarum, but one female harboured in its head six infective larvae of a zoonotic filaria. When S. oyapokense s.l. was fed on an infected volunteer in the Upper Orinoco most flies ingested few microfilariae, and further development reached only the L1 stage. Natural infection and infectivity rates for S. guianense in two localities of the Sierra Parima were 0.2-4.0% and 1.3-10.2%, respectively, more than 50% of the L3 larvae being in the head. The corresponding data for S. oyapockense s.l. in the Upper Orinoco were 0.1-0.5%, although the only L3 larva found did not correspond to O. volvulus. It is suggested that S. guianense is the main vector of onchocerciasis in the Sierra Parima and that S. limbatum could play a secondary role. Simulium oyapockense s.l. replaces them in the Upper Orinoco and may maintain a degree of transmission, but its epidemiological importance remains to be assessed.
AU  - Basáñez,MG
AU  - Yarzábal,L
AU  - Takaoka,H
AU  - Suzuki,H
AU  - Noda,S
AU  - Tada,I
DO  - 10.1080/00034983.1988.11812296
EP  - 611
PY  - 1988///
SN  - 0003-4983
SP  - 597
TI  - The vectoral role of several blackfly species (Diptera: Simuliidae) in relation to human onchocerciasis in the Sierra Parima and Upper Orinoco regions of Venezuela.
T2  - Ann Trop Med Parasitol
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00034983.1988.11812296
UR  - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3256278
VL  - 82
ER  -
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