Exposure of sheep to mosquito bites: Possible consequences for the transmission risk of Rift Valley Fever in Senegal

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 247-255

  Chevalier, V ^a,d   Mondet, B ^b   Diaite, A ^c   Lancelot, R ^a   Fall, A G ^c   Poncon N ^b  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b Inst de Rech Pour le Dévmt   (Senegal)

^c Inst Senegalais de Rech Agric   (Senegal)

^d Institut Senegalais de Recherches AgrEcoles Dakar   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Aedes vexans arabiensis; Rift Valley Fever; Senegal; Sheep; Vector

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; RAIN;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; MOSQUITO; SHEEP;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; INSECT BITE; MOSQUITO; RIFT VALLEY FEVER BUNYAVIRUS; RURAL POPULATION; SEASON; SENEGAL; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; VIROLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CULEX; CULICIDAE; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT VECTORS; RAIN; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; SENEGAL; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

AFRICA; SENEGAL; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

AEDES VEXANS; ANIMALIA; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; INSECTA; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS; OVIS ARIES; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS;

EID: 4644302502     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-283X.2004.00511.x     Document Type: Article

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