Mosquito vectors of the 1998-1999 outbreak of Rift Valley Fever and other arboviruses (Bagaza, Sanar, Wesselsbron and West Nile) in Mauritania and Senegal

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 119-126

  Diallo, M ^a   Nabeth, P ^b   Ba, K ^c   Sall, A A ^a   Ba, Y ^a   Mondo, M ^a   Girault, L ^a   Abdalahi, M O ^d   Mathiot, C ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE DAKAR   (Senegal)

^b Ministère de la Santé et de l'Action Sociale   (Mauritania)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d Centre National d'Hygiene   (Mauritania)

Author keywords

Ae. vexans; Aedes fowleri; Arbovirus vectors; Bagaza; Culex neavei; Cx. poicilipes; Mansonia uniformis; Mauritania; Mosquitoes; Rift Valley fever; S n gal River basin; Senegal; Wesselsbron; West Africa; West Nile

Indexed keywords

DISEASE VECTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; MAURITANIA; MOSQUITO; SENEGAL; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ARBOVIRUS INFECTIONS; CULICIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; INSECT VECTORS; MAURITANIA; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; SENEGAL;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MAURITANIA; SENEGAL; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

AEDES VEXANS; ARBOVIRUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; MANSONIA; MANSONIA UNIFORMIS; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS;

EID: 20144369474     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-283X.2005.00564.x     Document Type: Article

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