Identification to cytospecies of the vector of onchocerciasis in the Republic of Niger
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Author(s)
Cheke, Robert A
Batchiri, Salissou Adamou
Post, Rory J
Boakye, Daniel A
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
In order to incriminate the vector that was responsible for onchocerciasis transmission in the Republic of Niger, where WHO have declared that the disease has been eliminated, cytotaxonomic identifications were collated from published and unpublished sources. Data on 1205 cytotaxonomic identifications of members of the Simulium damnosum complex collected as larvae in the country from 1967 to 1991 showed that, with the exception of five S. damnosum s.str., all identifications were S. sirbanum, which is thus confirmed as the almost exclusive vector in Niger. Some of the main breeding sites are described and illustrated and circumstantial evidence is presented that the form of S. sirbanum commonly found in Niger is zoophilic as well as anthropophilic.
Date Issued
2025-08-01
Date Acceptance
2025-06-26
Citation
Acta Tropica, 2025, 268
ISSN
0001-706X
Publisher
Elsevier
Journal / Book Title
Acta Tropica
Volume
268
Copyright Statement
© 2025 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40582604
PII: S0001-706X(25)00188-3
Subjects
BREEDING SITES
CHROMOSOMAL IDENTIFICATION
CONTROL PROGRAM
cytospecies
DIPTERA-SIMULIIDAE
Elimination
Ivermectin
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Niger
NORTH CAMEROON
Onchocerciasis
Parasitology
REINVASION
Science & Technology
Simulium damnosum
Simulium sirbanum
SIMULIUM-DAMNOSUM COMPLEX
SUDAN-SAVANNA AREA
TRANSMISSION
Tropical Medicine
Vector control
WEST-AFRICA
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
Netherlands
Article Number
107717
Date Publish Online
2025-06-27