Short report: Rift Valley fever in western Africa: isolations from Aedes mosquitoes during an interepizootic period

D Fontenille; M Traore-Lamizana; H Zeller; M Mondo; M Diallo; J P Digoutte

doi:10.4269/ajtmh.1995.52.403

Short report: Rift Valley fever in western Africa: isolations from Aedes mosquitoes during an interepizootic period

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1995 May;52(5):403-4. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.1995.52.403.

Authors

D Fontenille¹, M Traore-Lamizana, H Zeller, M Mondo, M Diallo, J P Digoutte

Affiliation

¹ Laboratoire de Zoologie Medicale, ORSTOM, Dakar, Senegal.

PMID: 7771605
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1995.52.403

Abstract

Thirteen strains of Rift Valley fever virus were isolated from Aedes vexans and Ae. ochraceus mosquitoes collected in October and November 1993 in northern Senegal. Entomologic and serologic data show that the risk of a new epizootic is increasing in this region.

MeSH terms

Aedes / virology*
Animals
Disease Outbreaks / veterinary
Female
Humans
Insect Vectors / virology*
Rift Valley Fever / epidemiology*
Rift Valley Fever / transmission
Rift Valley fever virus / isolation & purification*
Risk Factors
Senegal / epidemiology