Vector competence of Egyptian mosquitoes for Rift Valley fever virus

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 136-139

  Turell, Michael J ^a   Presley, Steven M ^b,c   Gad, Adel M ^b,c   Cope, Stanton E ^d   Dohm, David J ^a   Morrill, John C ^a   Arthur, Ray R ^b,c  

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

^b US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

^c AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CULEX; EPIDEMIC; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HAMSTER; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; INSECT BITE; NONHUMAN; RIFT VALLEY FEVER BUNYAVIRUS; VIREMIA; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES PHAROENSIS; ANTENNATUS; CRICETINAE; CULEX PIPIENS; INSECTA; OCHLEROTATUS CASPIUS; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS;

EID: 0029975831     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.54.136     Document Type: Article

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