Laboratory transmission of Rift Valley fever virus by Phlebotomus duboscqi, Phlebotomus papatasi, Phlebotomus sergenti, and Sergentomyia schwetzi (Diptera: Psychodidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 435-438

  Dohm, David J ^a   Rowton, Edgar D ^a,b   Lawyer, Phillip G ^a,b   O'Guinn, Monica ^a   Turell, Michael J ^a  

^a UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Phlebotomus duboscqi; Phlebotomus papatasi; Phlebotomus sergenti; Rift valley fever virus; Sergentomyia schwetzi; Vector competency

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011191439     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/37.3.435     Document Type: Article

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