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28 août 2019
- doi: 10.4000/books.irdeditions.28623
- isbn: 9782709915236
- eisbn: 9782709925280
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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protection de l’écosystème méthode de lutte vecteur milieu aquatique onchocercose insecticide chimique Côte d’Ivoire Surveillance parasite larve insecticide biologique Environmental Studies NAT011000 RNKSujets proches
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J.-M. Hougard et al., « Criteria for the selection of larvicides by the Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa », IRD Éditions, ID : 10.4000/books.irdeditions.28623
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One of the weekly decisions the Onchocerciasis Control Programme has to make, in its operations in 11 west African countries, is the selection of one insecticide out of the six used that is most appropriate to the river stretches to be treated. This decision depends on several criteria, linked not only to the compounds themselves but also the hydrological conditions and blackfly populations involved. Given the great number of breeding sites (gites) to be treated, in 23 000 km of rivers at the...