Mosquitoes and the environment in nile delta villages with previous rift valley fever activity

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 139-148

  Zayed, Abdelbaset B ^a   Britch, Seth C ^b   Soliman, Mohamed I ^c   Linthicum, Kenneth J ^b  

^a AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Egypt)

Author keywords

arbovirus model; Larval habitat; mosquito ecology; population dynamics; risk estimation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARBOVIRUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; EGYPT; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOSQUITO; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; EGYPT; HUMANS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84937205837     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/14-6469R     Document Type: Article

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