Blood meal analysis and virus detection in blood-fed mosquitoes collected during the 2006-2007 rift valley fever outbreak in Kenya

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 656-664

  Lutomiah, Joel ^a   Omondi, David ^b,d   Masiga, Daniel ^b   Mutai, Collins ^a   Mireji, Paul O ^d   Ongus, Juliette ^e   Linthicum, Ken J ^c   Sang, Rosemary ^a  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^c CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^d EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^e JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Aedes ochraceus; Alphavirus; Blood meal identification; Bunyavirididae; Host animals; Mansonia uniformis; Mosquito vectors; Ndumu virus; Rift Valley fever virus

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; VIRUS RNA;

AEDES; AEDES MCINTOSHI; AEDES OCHRACEUS; ALPHA VIRUS; ANURA; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BUNYAVIRUS; CAMEL; CATTLE; DNA EXTRACTION; DONKEY; EPIDEMIC; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GOAT; HUMAN; KENYA; MANSONIA UNIFORMIS; MOSQUITO; NDUMU VIRUS; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER BUNYAVIRUS; SHEEP; VERO CELL LINE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ALPHAVIRUS; ANIMALIA; MANSONIA UNIFORMIS; NDUMU VIRUS; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CULICIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GOATS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; KENYA; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; RNA, VIRAL; SHEEP;

EID: 84907219436     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2013.1564     Document Type: Article

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