Shelley A J, Arzube M
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1985;79(3):328-38. doi: 10.1016/0035-9203(85)90373-6.
A survey showed the presence of seven simuliid species in the onchocerciasis focus in Ecuador Simulium exiguum and S. quadrivittatum were the two most common anthropophilic species and were shown to be both experimental and natural vectors of Onchocerca volvulus. S. antillarum only occasionally bit man. Observations were made on the biology of the two vector species and it was evident that S. exiguum was the primary vector of onchocerciasis in the rainy season. The relevance of these findings to the epidemiology and control of onchocerciasis in Ecuador are discussed.
一项调查显示，在厄瓜多尔盘尾丝虫病疫区内存在7种蚋科物种。微小蚋和四线蚋是两种最常见的嗜人种类，并且已证明它们既是盘尾丝虫的实验性传播媒介，也是自然传播媒介。安的列斯蚋仅偶尔叮咬人类。对这两种传播媒介物种的生物学特性进行了观察，很明显微小蚋是雨季盘尾丝虫病的主要传播媒介。文中讨论了这些研究结果与厄瓜多尔盘尾丝虫病流行病学及防治的相关性。
