Short report: Rift Valley fever in western Africa: isolations from Aedes mosquitoes during an interepizootic period.
Thirteen strains of Rift Valley fever virus were isolated from Aedes vexans and Ae. ochraceus mosquitoes collected in October and November 1993 in northern Senegal. Entomologic and serologic data show that the risk of a new epizootic is increasing in this region.
Fontenille
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Laboratoire de Zoologie Medicale, ORSTOM, Dakar, Senegal.
Traore-Lamizana
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Zeller
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Mondo
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Diallo
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Digoutte
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D000330:Aedes / Q000821:virology*; D000818:Animals; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000821:virology*; D012295:Rift Valley Fever / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D012296:Rift Valley fever virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012675:Senegal / Q000453:epidemiology