LONG-TERM, LARGE-SCALE BIOMONITORING OF THE UNKNOWN: Assessing the Effects of Insecticides to Control River Blindness (Onchocerciasis) in West Africa

The control of river blindness (onchocerciasis), a human disease transmitted by black flies, has been an economic and public health success in West Africa. It involved insecticide applications to as many as 50,000 km of rivers, almost weekly, in 11 countries between 1974 and 2002. The long-term biom...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Annual review of entomology 2004-01, Vol.49 (1), p.115-139
Hauptverfasser:	Resh, Vincent H, Lévêque, Christian, Statzner, Bernhard
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Africa, Western Animals aquatic communities aquatic insects aquatic invertebrates biodiversity Biological and medical sciences biological assessment black flies Diptera disease control programs environmental impact Environmental Monitoring fish Fishes - growth & development Freshwater Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Humans Insect Control - methods Insect Vectors insecticides Insecticides - administration & dosage Insecticides - adverse effects invertebrates Invertebrates - drug effects Invertebrates - growth & development literature reviews Medically important nuisances and vectors, pests of stored products and materials: population survey and control nontarget organisms onchocerciasis Onchocerciasis Control Program Onchocerciasis, Ocular - prevention & control Pisces Simuliidae species diversity Time Factors vector control Vectors. Intermediate hosts Water Pollutants, Chemical - adverse effects
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