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Mapping of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths in Namibia: The first large-scale protocol to formally include rapid diagnostic tests
(Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-07-21)
Background: Namibia is now ready to begin mass drug administration of praziquantel and albendazole against schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths, respectively. Although historical data identifies areas of transmission ...
Risk assessment of flavivirus transmission in Namibia
(Elsevier BV, 2014-05-25)
The role of arboviruses causing acute febrile illness in sub-Saharan Africa is receiving more attention. Reports of dengue in tourists were published nearly 10 years ago in Namibia, but the current epidemiology of arboviruses ...
Active surveillance to update county scale distribution of four tick species of medical and veterinary importance in Oklahoma
(Society for Vector Ecology, 2017-06)
The incidence of tick-borne disease continues to increase in humans and companion animals in the United States, yet distribution maps for several tick vectors in Oklahoma, including Dermacentor variabilis, Dermacentor ...
New records of Aedes aegypti in southern Oklahoma, 2016
(The American Mosquito Control Association, 2017-03)
Aedes aegypti is an important subtropical vector species and is predicted to have a limited year-round distribution in the southern United States. Collection of the species has not been officially verified in Oklahoma since ...
Updated checklist of the mosquitoes of Oklahoma including new state records and West Nile virus vectors, 2003-06
(The American Mosquito Control Association, 2015-12)
The mosquito fauna of Oklahoma has not been evaluated since 1965 and no report has been published concerning species associated with urban areas in the state. Mosquito collections were conducted as part of the West Nile ...