Isolation and genetic characterization of Rift Valley fever virus from Aedes vexans arabiensis, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
An outbreak of Rift Valley fever in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Yemen in 2000 was the first recognized occurrence of the illness outside of Africa and Madagascar. An assessment of potential mosquito vectors in the region yielded an isolate from Aedes vexans arabiensis, most closely related to strains from Madagascar (1991) and Kenya (1997).
Miller
Barry R
BR
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. brm4@cdc.gov
Godsey
Marvin S
MS
Crabtree
Mary B
MB
Savage
Harry M
HM
Al-Mazrao
Yagob
Y
Al-Jeffri
Mohammed H
MH
Abdoon
Abdel-Mohsin M
AM
Al-Seghayer
Suleiman M
SM
Al-Shahrani
Ali M
AM
Ksiazek
Thomas G
TG
D000330:Aedes / Q000821:virology*; D000818:Animals; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D012295:Rift Valley Fever / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D012296:Rift Valley fever virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012529:Saudi Arabia / Q000453:epidemiology