Identification of the onchocerciasis vector in the Kakoi-Koda focus of the Democratic Republic of Congo
R. J. Post, A. Laudisoit, M. Mandro, T. Lakwo, C. Laemmer, K. Pfarr, A. Hoerauf, P. Tortosa, Y. Gomard, T. Ukety, C. Mande, L. Farovitch, U. Amazigo, D. W. Oguttu, D. Bakajika, , R. Colebunders
The paper identifies Simulium dentulosum and S. vorax as vectors of onchocerciasis in the Kakoi-Koda focus, with S. dentulosum being the main vector and S. neavei possibly having been the main vector in the past.
bioRxiv · Jul 25, 2022Ecology