Demographic patterns of human antibody levels to Simulium damnosum s.l. saliva in onchocerciasis-endemic areas: An indicator of exposure to vector bites.

• Main Authors: Laura Willen (Author), Philip Milton (Author), Jonathan I D Hamley (Author), Martin Walker (Author), Mike Y Osei-Atweneboana (Author), Petr Volf (Author), Maria-Gloria Basáñez (Author), Orin Courtenay (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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<h4>Background</h4>In onchocerciasis endemic areas in Africa, heterogenous biting rates by blackfly vectors on humans are assumed to partially explain age- and sex-dependent infection patterns with Onchocerca volvulus. To underpin these assumptions and further improve predictions made by...