Mosquitoes as vectors of human disease in South Africa

South African Family Practice

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 68-72

  Jupp, P G ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Arboviruses; Chikungunya; Dengue; Malaria; Mosquitoes; Rift valley fever; Sindbis; West Nile

Indexed keywords

AEDES; AEDES AFRICANUS; AEDES CIRCUMLUTEOLUS; AEDES CORDILLERI; AEDES FURCIFER; AEDES MCINTOSHI; ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES FUNESTUS; BUFFALO; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CULEX; CULEX THEILERI; CULEX UNIVITTATUS; CULEX ZOMBAENSIS; DENGUE; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOLOGY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HUMAN; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; NEOMELANICONION; OCHLEROTATUS; REVIEW; RIFT VALLEY FEVER BUNYAVIRUS; SINDBIS VIRUS; SOUTH AFRICA; SYNCERUS CAFFER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 29644440493     PISSN: 20786190     EISSN: 20786204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20786204.2005.10873292     Document Type: Review

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