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Does irrigated urban agriculture influence the transmission of malaria in the city of Kumasi, Ghana?
- Y. Afrane, E. Klinkenberg, P. Drechsel, K. Owusu-Daaku, R. Garms, T. Kruppa
- Geography, Medicine
- Acta tropica
- 2004
To verify the possible impact of irrigated urban agriculture on malaria transmission in cities, we studied entomological parameters, self-reported malaria episodes, and household-level data in the… Expand
Field evaluation of four widely used mosquito traps in Central Europe
- R. Lühken, W. Pfitzner, +8 authors A. Krueger
- Biology, Medicine
- Parasites & Vectors
- 12 June 2014
BackgroundTo monitor adult mosquitoes several trapping devices are available. These are differently constructed and use various mechanisms for mosquito attraction, thus resulting in different… Expand
Variation and distribution of forms of Simulium soubrense and S. sanctipauli in West Africa.
- S. Meredith, R. Cheke, R. Garms
- Biology, Medicine
- Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology
- 1 December 1983
Examination of specimens from savanna areas of Togo and Benin attributable to Simulium soubrense and S. sanctipauli according to the criteria of Vajime and Dunbar (1975) revealed hitherto undescribed… Expand
Efficiency of Simulium sanctipauli as a vector of Onchocerca volvulus in the forest zone of Ghana
- K. Kutin, T. Kruppa, R. Brenya, R. Garms
- Biology, Medicine
- Medical and veterinary entomology
- 1 June 2004
Abstract. The role of Simulium sanctipauli Vajime & Dunbar (Diptera: Simuliidae) as a vector of Onchocerca volvulus (Leuckart) (Spirurida: Onchocercidae) in the forest zone of central Ghana was… Expand
Studies on the reinvasion of the Onchocerciasis Control Programme in the Volta River Basin by Simulium damnosum s.I. with emphasis on the south-western areas.
- R. Garms, J. F. Walsh, J. Davies
- Biology, Medicine
- Tropenmedizin und Parasitologie
- 1 September 1979
The aerial larvicidng operation of the Onchocerciasis Control Programme of the World Health Organization which began in February 1975 resulted in a sharp reduction in Simulium damnosum numbers.… Expand
The fate and migration of microfilariae of a Guatemalan strain of Onchocerca volvulus in Simulium ochraceum and S. metallicum, and the role of the buccopharyngeal armature in the destruction of…
The migration and fate of microfilariae of a Guatemalan strain of Onchocerca volvulus in Simulium ochraceum and S. metallicum was studied. The anatomical distribution of microfilariae at various… Expand
Host-feeding patterns of mosquito species in Germany
- J. Börstler, H. Jöst, +5 authors R. Lühken
- Biology, Medicine
- Parasites & Vectors
- 3 June 2016
BackgroundMosquito-borne pathogens are of growing importance in many countries of Europe including Germany. At the same time, the transmission cycles of most mosquito-borne pathogens (e.g. viruses or… Expand
Use of morphological characters in the study of Simulium damnosum s.l. populations in West Africa.
- R. Garms
- Biology, Medicine
- Tropenmedizin und Parasitologie
- 1 December 1978
Morphological characters were tested which could be used to compare and to associate Stimulium damnosum s.l. populations reinvading the area of the Onchocerciasis Control Programme in the Volta River… Expand
The elimination of the vector Simulium neavei from the Itwara onchocerciasis focus in Uganda by ground larviciding.
- R. Garms, T. Lakwo, +6 authors U. Amazigo
- Biology, Medicine
- Acta tropica
- 1 September 2009
The Itwara focus of onchocerciasis covers an area of approximately 600 km(2) in western Uganda about 20 km north of Fort Portal. The vector is Simulium neavei, whose larvae and pupae live in a… Expand
The disappearance of onchocerciasis from the Itwara focus, western Uganda after elimination of the vector Simulium neavei and 19 years of annual ivermectin treatments.
- T. Lakwo, R. Garms, +12 authors F. Richards
- Biology, Medicine
- Acta tropica
- 1 June 2013
The Itwara onchocerciasis focus is located around the Itwara forest reserve in western Uganda. In 1991, annual treatments with ivermectin started in the focus. They were supplemented in 1995 by the… Expand