Aspects of bioecology of two rift valley fever virus vectors in Senegal (West Africa): Aedes vexans and Culex poicilipes (Diptera: Culicidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 739-750

  Ba, Yamar ^a   Diallo, Diawo ^a   Kebe, Cheikh Mouhamed Fadel ^b   Dia, Ibrahima ^a   Diallo, Mawlouth ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE DAKAR   (Senegal)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Aedes vexans; Culex poicilipes; Dispersal; Rift Valley Fever; Senegal

Indexed keywords

AEDES VEXANS; BUNYAVIRIDAE; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS; PHLEBOVIRUS; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS;

EID: 25444451048     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/42.5.739     Document Type: Article

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