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Mermithids (Nematoda: Mermithidae) parasitizing different blackfly (Diptera: Simuliidae) populations in Quebec: environmental parameters related to their presence or absence in the studied brooks.

Vector competence of Simulium oyapockense s.l. and S. incrustatum for Onchocerca volvulus: Implications for ivermectin-based control in the Amazonian focus of human onchocerciasis, a multi-vector-host system.

Vector competence of Simulium oyapockense s.l. and S. incrustatum for Onchocerca volvulus: Implications for ivermectin-based control in the Amazonian focus of human onchocerciasis, a multi-vector-host system.

A molecular revision of the taxonomic status of mermithid parasites of black flies from Quebec (Canada).

Seasonal and diurnal biting activities and zoonotic filarial infections of two Simulium species (Diptera: Simuliidae) in northern Thailand.

Elimination of the Djodji form of the blackfly Simulium sanctipauli sensu stricto as a result of larviciding by the WHO Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa.

Infective larvae of five Onchocerca species from experimentally infected Simulium species in an area of zoonotic onchocerciasis in Japan.

Identification of three members of the Simulium damnosum (Diptera Simuliidae) group in South Western Nigeria.

Confirmation of the species status of the blackfly Simulium galeratum in Britain using molecular taxonomy.

Population dynamics of onchocerca volvulus microfilariae in human host after six years of drug control.

Bird hosts, blood parasites and their vectors--associations uncovered by molecular analyses of blackfly blood meals.

[First record of simuliidae (Diptera) with pollinaria of asclepiadoideae (Apocynaceae) attached]

[Morphology of the blackfly species group macropyga of the genus Prosimulium roubaud, 1906, and re-establishment of the generic name Taeniopterna Enderlein, 1925 for this group (Diptera: Simuliidae)].

Fractionation and metabolic turnover of carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes in black fly larvae.

Evidence for suppression of Onchocerca volvulus transmission in the Oaxaca focus in Mexico.

[Additions to the fauna of blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of the Altai Republic].

Attacks on the endangered Attwater's Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido attwateri) by black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) infected with an avian blood parasite.

Taxonomy and inventory of the cytospecies and cytotypes of the Simulium damnosum complex (Diptera: Simuliidae) in relation to onchocerciasis.

Genetic variation tracks ecological segregation in Pacific island black flies.

Influence of temperature on microsporidia infections in a natural population of Simulium pertinax Kollar, 1832 (Diptera; Simuliidae).