Onchocerciasis Transmission Potentials of Four Species of Guatemalan Simuliidae

R. C. CollinsCentral America Research Station, Bureau of Tropical Diseases, Center for Disease Control, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Atlanta, Georgia 30333

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Two complete days of collections and dissections of all black fly species landing on two persons infected with Onchocerca volvulus were made at monthly intervals for 13 months within a single endemic area of Guatemala. A comparison of the infective biting densities and transmission potentials showed that Simulium ochraceum was the only significant vector.

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