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Rift Valley Fever Virus epidemic in Kenya, 2006/2007: The entomologic investigations

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Title Rift Valley Fever Virus epidemic in Kenya, 2006/2007: The entomologic investigations
 
Creator Sang, R.
Kioko, E.
Lutomiah, J.
Warigia, M.
Ochieng, C.
O'Guinn, M.
Lee, J.S.
Koka, H.
Godsey, M
Hoel, D.
Hanafi, H.
Miller, B.
Schnabel, D.
Breiman, R.F.
Richardson, J.
 
Subject RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS
EPIDEMIOLOGY
 
Description In December 2006, Rift Valley fever (RVF) was diagnosed in humans in Garissa Hospital, Kenya and an outbreak reported affecting 11 districts. Entomologic surveillance was performed in four districts to determine the epidemic/epizootic vectors of RVF virus (RVFV). Approximately 297,000 mosquitoes were collected, 164,626 identified to species, 72,058 sorted into 3,003 pools and tested for RVFV by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. Seventy-seven pools representing 10 species tested positive for RVFV, including Aedes mcintoshi/circumluteolus (26 pools), Aedes ochraceus (23 pools), Mansonia uniformis (15 pools); Culex poicilipes, Culex bitaeniorhynchus (3 pools each); Anopheles squamosus, Mansonia africana (2 pools each); Culex quinquefasciatus, Culex univittatus, Aedes pembaensis (1 pool each). Positive Ae. pembaensis, Cx. univittatus, and Cx. bitaeniorhynchus was a first time observation. Species composition, densities, and infection varied among districts supporting hypothesis that different mosquito species serve as epizootic/epidemic vectors of RVFV in diverse ecologies, creating a complex epidemiologic pattern in East Africa.
 
Date 2011-03-08T05:54:30Z
2011-03-08T05:54:30Z
2010-08-15
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Sang, R., Kioko, E., Lutomiah, J., Warigia, M., Ochieng, C., O'Guinn, M., Lee, J.S., Koka, H., Godsey, M., Hoel, D., Hanafi, H., Miller, B., Schnabel, D., Breiman, R.F. and Richardson, J. 2010. Rift Valley Fever Virus epidemic in Kenya, 2006/2007: The entomologic investigations. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 82(2 Suppl):28-37.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/3250
 
Language en
 
Source American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene