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SIMULIUM [8 records]

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Record 1 2017-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
Simulium latipes
Latin
OBS

Simulium latipes : There is no common name for this species.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Simulium latipes
Latin
OBS

Simulium latipes : Il n'y a pas de nom commun pour désigner cette espèce.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
  • Parasitoses
Universal entry(ies)
Simulium damnosum
Latin
CONT

Onchocerciasis is a common, chronic, multisystemic disease caused by the nematode Onchocerca volvulus.... Human transmission of the disease is caused by a bite from the intermediate host, the black fly(genus Simulium).... The main vector in most of Africa is Simulium damnosum...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
  • Parasitoses
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Simulium damnosum
Latin
CONT

L'onchocercose est une maladie provoquée par un parasite nommé Onchocerca volvulus et transmise par une simulie (petite mouche noire), son nom scientifique est Simulium damnosum.

OBS

Les simulies sont de petits diptères simulant un moucheron noir de 1 à 3 mm. On distingue Simulium Damnosum en Afrique et essentiellement Simulium ochraceum et metallicum dans quelques foyers Sud-américains. Ils transmettent l'onchocercose (filariose) responsable de la cécité des rivières [...]

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
  • Parasitoses
Universal entry(ies)
Simulium neavei
Latin
CONT

Onchocerciasis is a common, chronic, multisystemic disease caused by the nematode Onchocerca volvulus.... Human transmission of the disease is caused by a bite from the intermediate host, the black fly(genus Simulium).... in Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Simulium neavei is [the] common [vector].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
  • Parasitoses
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Simulium neavei
Latin
OBS

Diptère de la famille des Simuladae, vecteur de l'onchocercose dans certaines régions de l'Afrique.

Spanish

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Record 4 2015-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
Simulium
Latin
DEF

A small dark-coloured blood-sucking fly of the genus Simulium, which may be the vector of certain diseases.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Simulium
Latin
CONT

Les simulies du genre Simulium sont des moucherons de la famille des Simuliidae présents principalement dans les zones humides.

Spanish

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Record 5 2005-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Parasitoses
CONT

Onchocerciasis, most commonly causing skin and eye disease, results from infection with the filarial parasite Onchocerca volvulus. Transmission is via the bites of black flies(Simulium species) that ingest microfilariae from the skin of an infected person while taking a blood meal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parasitoses
CONT

L'onchocercose est provoquée par Onchocerca volvulus, un ver parasite qui peut vivre jusqu'à 14 ans chez l'homme. Chaque femelle adulte, ver mince mais mesurant plus de 50 cm, produit des millions de microfilaires (larves microscopiques) qui migrent à travers l'organisme en provoquant toute une série de symptômes [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Parasitosis
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Record 6 1998-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Parasitoses
DEF

A forest species of Simulium limited to small forest water courses in West Africa.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parasitoses
DEF

Vecteur de l'onchocercose en zones de forêt depuis la Sierra Leone jusqu'au Togo.

Spanish

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Record 7 1998-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Parasitoses
DEF

A savanna species of Simulium which may find its way into forest areas along the major water courses, from Senegambia to the northwest of the Central African Republic and in Sudan.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parasitoses
DEF

Vecteur de l'onchocercose dans le district préforestier guinéen (Côte d'Ivoire), une zone tampon entre les deux domaines guinéen et soudanais, mais distribué de la Sénégambie jusqu'au nord-ouest de la République Centrafricaine et au Soudan.

Spanish

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Record 8 1998-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Parasitoses
DEF

Simulium vector of Onchocerciasis playing a seasonal role in the transmission in Occidental Africa.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parasitoses
DEF

Forme du complexe Simulium damnosum la plus fréquente en savane et dans la région préforestière de la Côte d'Ivoire, et de la Sierra Leone au Nigéria.

Spanish

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