Arbovirus surveillance of mosquitoes collected at sites of active Rift Valley fever virus transmission: Kenya, 2006-2007

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 961-964

  Crabtree, Mary ^a   Sang, Rosemary ^b   Lutomiah, Joel ^b   Richardson, Jason ^b   Miller, Barry ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Alphavirus; Arbovirus; Bunyavirus; Flavivirus; Kenya

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARBOVIRUS; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KENYA; MOSQUITO; RIFT VALLEY FEVER BUNYAVIRUS; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARBOVIRUSES; CULICIDAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INSECT VECTORS; KENYA; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS;

ALPHAVIRUS; ARBOVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS;

EID: 68149106020     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/033.046.0431     Document Type: Article

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