Chapter 9. The Fish Monitoring Programme of the Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa: a Model for Fish and Fisheries Preservation in the Face of Development
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28 août 2019
- doi: 10.4000/books.irdeditions.28656
- isbn: 9782709915236
- eisbn: 9782709925280
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E.K. Abban et al., « Chapter 9. The Fish Monitoring Programme of the Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa: a Model for Fish and Fisheries Preservation in the Face of Development », IRD Éditions, ID : 10.4000/books.irdeditions.28656
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9.1 Introduction Human onchocerciasis, or river blindness, is a filarial disease caused by Onchocerca volvulus which, in West Africa, is transmitted by the adult female of the blackfly, Simulium damnosum s.l. (Zimmerman et al, 1992). It was common mainly along the fertile valleys of the watercourses and was not only a major public health problem but also an obstacle to the socioeconomic development of the infested areas. In 1974, the concern of the governments of seven of the most affected co...