HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS		QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced] Author: Keyword(s): Year:  Vol:  Page:

This Article Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Barreto, P. Articles by Lee, V. H. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Barreto, P. Articles by Lee, V. H.

Onchocerciasis in Colombia

Entomologic Findings in the First Observed Focus^*

Pablo Barreto, H. Trapido AND V. H. Lee

At the first observed focus of onchocerciasis in man in Colombia, the principal and almost only Simulium found biting man was S. exiguum. This species by exclusion appears to be the vector of onchocerciasis at the focus studied, the settlement of San Antonio on the Río Micay. The numbers of S. exiguum biting man were very much greater at San Antonio, where the Micay breaks out of the Western Cordillera of the Andes, than at López, 2 or 3 km downstream on the Pacific coastal plain, where the river moves more slowly and the incidence of the disease is low.

Accepted for publication March 16, 1970.

^* This investigation was supported by the Universidad del Valle; the Tulane University International Center for Medical Research and Training; Grant TW-00143 from the Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, USPHS; and The Rockefeller Foundation.

International Center for Medical Research and Training, Tulane University-Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia.

Staff member, The Rockefeller Foundation.