title: Mosquitoes and the Environment in Nile Delta Villages with Previous Rift Valley Fever Activity.
abstract: Egypt is affected by serious human and animal mosquito-borne diseases such as Rift Valley fever (RVF). We investigated how potential RVF virus mosquito vector populations are affected by environmental conditions in the Nile Delta region of Egypt by collecting mosquitoes and environmental data from 3 key governorates before and after 2012 seasonal flooding. We found that environmental effects varied among species, life stages, pre- and postflood groupings, and geographic populations of the same species, and that mosquito community composition could change after flooding. Our study provides preliminary data for modeling mosquitoes and mosquito-borne diseases in the Nile Delta region.
authors.affiliation: 1  Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University (Girls' Branch), Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: Abdelbaset B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Zayed
authors.affiliation: 2  US Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology, 1600 SW 23rd Drive, Gainesville, FL 32608.
authors.forename: Seth C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Britch
authors.affiliation: 3  Research Institute of Medical Entomology, The General Organizations for Institutes and Teaching Hospitals, Ministry of Health, Giza, Egypt.
authors.forename: Mohamed I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Soliman
authors.affiliation: 2  US Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology, 1600 SW 23rd Drive, Gainesville, FL 32608.
authors.forename: Kenneth J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Linthicum
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D009033:Culicidae / Q000145:classification*; D017753:Ecosystem; D004534:Egypt / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012295:Rift Valley Fever / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012296:Rift Valley fever virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012621:Seasons; D013045:Species Specificity; D013997:Time Factors
keywords: Larval habitat; arbovirus model; mosquito ecology; population dynamics; risk estimation