Name - Simulium sanctipauli

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:368814 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Simulium sanctipauli Vajime & Dunbar

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Recent Publications

• Completion of the sequence of the nuclear ribosomal DNA subunit of Simulium sanctipauli, with descriptions of the 18S, 28S genes and the IGS.
• Efficiency of Simulium sanctipauli as a vector of Onchocerca volvulus in the forest zone of Ghana.
• Assessments of the transmission of Onchocerca volvulus by Simulium sanctipauli in the Upper Denkyira District, Ghana, and the intermittent disappearance of the vector.
• Micro-CT imaging of Onchocerca infection of Simulium damnosum s.l. blackflies and comparison of the peritrophic membrane thickness of forest and savannah flies.
• Ongoing transmission of onchocerciasis in the Pru District of Ghana after two decades of mass drug administration with ivermectin and comparative identification of members of the Simulium damnosum complex using cytological and morphological techniques.

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