Comparison of sampling techniques for rift valley fever virus potential vectors, Aedes aegypti and Culex pipiens complex, in Ngorongoro district in northern Tanzania

Tanzania Journal of Health Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Mweya, Clement N ^a,b   Kimera, Sharadhuli I ^b   Karimuribo, Esron D ^b   Mboera, Leonard E G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^b SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Culex pipiens; Mosquito sampling; Rift valley fever; Tanzania; Trap

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMAL TRAPPING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX PIPIENS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MOSQUITO; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER BUNYAVIRUS; TANZANIA; AEDES; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; TRANSMISSION;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; INSECT VECTORS; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; TANZANIA;

EID: 84893114805     PISSN: 18216404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/thrb.v15i3.2     Document Type: Article

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