[Vector capacities of Similium damsnosum s.l and risk for Onchocerca volvulus transmission in Inga (Democratic Republic of Congo)].

This article analyzes the results of a one-year entomological survey conducted near the Yalala rapids in the Inga region, Democratic Republic of Congo, prior to the implementation of Community-Directed Treatment with Ivermectin (CDTI). A vector control program had been undertaken from October 1969 to December 1980, 20 kilometers upstream from the study site. The results of the present study show that during 122 collection days, 5,824 females were captured, of which 3,899 were dissected; 2,001 (51.