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Studies on the Epidemiology of Filariasis in West Africa, with Special Reference to the British Cameroons and the Niger Delta

II.—The Influence of Town and Village Evolution and Development on the Incidence of Infections with Loa Loa and Acanthocheilonema Perstans

W. E. Kershaw From the Department of Entomology and Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, and the Loiasis Research Scheme, Kumba
Pages 261-283 | Received 11 Dec 1951, Published online: 22 Mar 2016

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M. Boussinesq & J. Gardon. (1997) Prevalences of Loa loa microfilaraemia throughout the area endemic for the infection. Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology 91:6, pages 573-589.
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Paul Williams. (1962) Studies on the Control of the Vectors of Loiasis in West Africa. Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology 56:3, pages 284-288.
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Paul Williams. (1962) The Bionomics of the Tabanid Fauna of Streams in the Rain-Forest of the Southern Cameroons. Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology 56:2, pages 149-160.
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W. E. Kershaw, R. L. Plackett, P. J. Moore & P. Williams. (1957) Studies on the Intake of Microfilariae by their Insect Vectors, their Survival, and their Effect on the Survival of their Vectors. Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology 51:1, pages 26-37.
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B. O. L. Duke. (1954) The Transmission of Loiasis in the Forest-Fringe Area of the British Cameroons. Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology 48:4, pages 349-355.
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W. E. Kershaw & W. L. Nicholas. (1954) Studies on the Epidemiology of Filariasis in West Africa, with Special Reference to the British Cameroons and the Niger Delta. Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology 48:1, pages 110-120.
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W. E. Kershaw, R. W. J. Keay, W. L. Nicholas & A. Zahra. (1953) Studies on the Epidemiology of Filariasis in West Africa, with Special Reference to the British Cameroons and the Niger Delta. Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology 47:4, pages 406-425.
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W. L. Nicholas, W. E. Kershaw, R. W. J. Keay & A. Zahra. (1953) Studies on the Epidemiology of Filariasis in West Africa, with Special Reference to the British Cameroons and the Niger Delta. Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology 47:1, pages 95-111.
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C. A. Hopkins & W. L. Nicholas. (1952) Culicoides Austeni, the Vector of Acanthocheilonema Perstans. Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology 46:3, pages 276-283.
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Michael Ramharter, Joanna Butler, Ghyslain Mombo-Ngoma, Tamara Nordmann, Saskia Dede Davi & Rella Zoleko Manego. (2023) The African eye worm: current understanding of the epidemiology, clinical disease, and treatment of loiasis. The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
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Louise Kelly-Hope, Rossely Paulo, Brent Thomas, Miguel Brito, Thomas R. Unnasch & David Molyneux. (2017) Loa loa vectors Chrysops spp.: perspectives on research, distribution, bionomics, and implications for elimination of lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis. Parasites & Vectors 10:1.
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Paul E. Simonsen, Ambrose W. Onapa & Santa Maria Asio. (2011) Mansonella perstans filariasis in Africa. Acta Tropica 120, pages S109-S120.
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Honorat Gustave Marie Zouré, Samuel Wanji, Mounkaïla Noma, Uche Veronica Amazigo, Peter J. Diggle, Afework Hailemariam Tekle & Jan H. F. Remme. (2011) The Geographic Distribution of Loa loa in Africa: Results of Large-Scale Implementation of the Rapid Assessment Procedure for Loiasis (RAPLOA). PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 5:6, pages e1210.
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Samuel Wanji, Nicholas Tendongfor, Mathias Esum, Sali Ndindeng Atanga & Peter Enyong. (2003) Heterogeneity in the prevalence and intensity of loiasis in five contrasting bioecological zones in Cameroon. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 97:2, pages 182-187.
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M. Esum, S. Wanji, N. Tendongfor & P. Enyong. (2001) Co-endemicity of loiasis and onchocerciasis in the South West Province of Cameroon: implications for mass treatment with ivermectin. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 95:6, pages 673-676.
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F. Rhodain & F. Rodhain-Rebourg. (1973) A propos de la distribution géographique de la loase. Médecine et Maladies Infectieuses 3:11, pages 429-436.
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D.S Bertram. (1953) Paper: Laboratory studies on filariasis in the cotton-rat. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 47:2, pages 85-116.
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