Onchocerciasis in the Congo basin
Fain, A.
Annales des Societes Belges de Medecine Tropicale, de Parasitologie et de Mycologie 51(4): 599-610
1971
ISSN/ISBN: 0037-9638 PMID: 4940595 Document Number: 37098
Knowledge on onchocerciasis caused by Onchocerca volvulus in Zaire (formerly the Congo (Kinshasa)) is reviewed and reference made to observations on the Simuliid vectors.
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