The esperanza window trap reduces the human biting rate of Simulium ochraceum s.l. in formerly onchocerciasis endemic foci in Southern Mexico.

• Автори: Mario A Rodríguez-Pérez (Автор), Javier A Garza-Hernández (Автор), Mario C Salinas-Carmona (Автор), Ildefonso Fernández-Salas (Автор), Filiberto Reyes-Villanueva (Автор), Olga Real-Najarro (Автор), Eddie W Cupp (Автор), Thomas R Unnasch (Автор)
• Формат: Книга
• Опубліковано: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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The Esperanza Window Trap (EWT) baited with CO2 and human sweat compounds is attractive to Simulium ochraceum s.l., the primary vector of Onchocerca volvulus in the historically largest endemic foci in México and Guatemala.The ability of the EWT to locally reduce numbers of questing S. ochraceum s....