New Vectors of Rift Valley Fever in West Africa

After an outbreak of Rift Valley fever in Southern Mauritania in 1987, entomologic studies were conducted in a bordering region in Sénégal from 1991 to 1996 to identify the sylvatic vectors of Rift Valley fever virus. The virus was isolated from the floodwater mosquitoes Aedes vexans and Ae. ochrace...

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Main Authors: D. Fontenille, M. Traore-Lamizana, M. Diallo, J. Thonnon, J.P. Digoutte, H.G. Zeller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1998-06-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/4/2/98-0218_article