Inter-epidemic abundance and distribution of potential mosquito vectors for Rift Valley fever virus in Ngorongoro district, Tanzania

Global Health Action

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Mweya, Clement N ^a,b   Kimera, Sharadhuli I ^b   Mellau, Lesakit S B ^b   Mboera, Leonard E G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^b SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Abundance; Distribution; Inter epidemic period; Mosquitoes; Rift Valley fever; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIC; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MOSQUITO; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; TANZANIA; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULICIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; TANZANIA;

EID: 84930633802     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v8.25929     Document Type: Article

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