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SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM [1 record]

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Record 1 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 [...]

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