Host feeding of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) associated with the recurrence of Rift Valley fever in Egypt

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 709-714

  Gad, Adel M ^a   Farid, Hoda A ^a   Ramzy, Reda R M ^a   Riad, Mahmoud B ^a   Presley, Steven M ^b,c   Cope, Stanton E ^b,d   Hassan, Mossad M ^a   Hassan, Ali N ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

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

^c Mar Corps Combat Devmt Command ^*  (United States)

^d Navy Environmental Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood meal; Egypt; Mosquito; Rift Valley fever

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANTENNATUS; CULEX PIPIENS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; OCHLEROTATUS CASPIUS; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EGYPT; EPIDEMIC; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; VIROLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CULEX; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EGYPT; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; RECURRENCE; RIFT VALLEY FEVER;

EID: 0033220158     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/36.6.709     Document Type: Article

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