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2241307

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-12-13
pubmed:abstractText
Chadian refugees, most of whom are free from onchocerciasis, settled recently in a camp in a savanna area of the northern Cameroon where the prevalence is about 80% and the blindness rate is 4% of the adult population. In view of the risks of onchocerciasis facing the immigrants, the authors carried out an entomological survey in this region aimed at determining the modes of transmission and assessing the possibilities for the control of this disease. After a three-month survey in the study area, it appears clearly that 1) transmission takes place only during the rainy season, 2) the main vectors are the two savanna species, Simulium damnosum s.s. and Simulium sirbanum, 3) the larval breeding sites are not located on the principal river, the Faro, but on its small seasonal tributaries, 4) the local populations still free from onchocerciasis and the Chadian refugees who farm close to these tributaries run the risk of getting serious ocular lesions in the long run which could lead to blindness. The conclusions of this survey prompted the authors to envisage an onchocerciasis control campaign in this area against the larval stages of the vectors.
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0772-4128
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
70
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
193-202
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-2-20
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
[Study of the transmission of onchocerciasis in the surroundings of a refugee camp located in the savanna zone of Cameroon].
pubmed:affiliation
Entomologistes médicaux de l'ORSTOM, Service d'Entomologie, Médicale, Centre Pasteur du Cameroun, Yaoundé.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't