title: Isolation and genetic characterization of Rift Valley fever virus from Aedes vexans arabiensis, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
abstract: 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).
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. brm4@cdc.gov
authors.forename: Barry R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Marvin S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Godsey
authors.forename: Mary B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Crabtree
authors.forename: Harry M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Savage
authors.forename: Yagob
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Al-Mazrao
authors.forename: Mohammed H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Al-Jeffri
authors.forename: Abdel-Mohsin M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Abdoon
authors.forename: Suleiman M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Al-Seghayer
authors.forename: Ali M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Al-Shahrani
authors.forename: Thomas G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Ksiazek
mesh_terms: 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