Oncocercosis en Venezuela
Onchocercosis in Venezuela
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Item Los simúlidos y su relación con la oncocercosis humana en Venezuela septentrional(s.d.)During a study carried out near San Antonio de Maturín, Venezuela, 12 Simulium forms were encountered, among which Simulium exiguum was abundant but of uncertain relation to onchocerciasis. As opposed to S. metallicum, which has its breeding places almost exclusively in small streams, S. exiguum breeds in big streams. In neither species is it possible to distinguish nuliparous and parous females from the size of their organism so it is necessary to examine the ovaries. During the rainy season pupae are swept away and the S. metallicum population is reducedItem Descubrimiento de un nuevo foco de oncocercosis en Venezuela(s.d.)Una encuesta realizada en las aldeas venezolanas próximas a un foco de oncocercosis (ceguera de los ríos), al otro lado de la frontera con Brasil, ha revelado una elevada prevalencia de la enfermedad. Los asentamientos humanos futuros en esta zona pudieran muy bien depender del control de la enfermedad (AU)