Arbovirus surveillance of mosquitoes collected at sites of active Rift Valley fever virus transmission: Kenya, 2006-2007

Mary Crabtree; Rosemary Sang; Joel Lutomiah; Jason Richardson; Barry Miller

doi:10.1603/033.046.0431

Arbovirus surveillance of mosquitoes collected at sites of active Rift Valley fever virus transmission: Kenya, 2006-2007

J Med Entomol. 2009 Jul;46(4):961-4. doi: 10.1603/033.046.0431.

Authors

Mary Crabtree¹, Rosemary Sang, Joel Lutomiah, Jason Richardson, Barry Miller

Affiliation

¹ Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 3150 Rampart Road, Foothills Campus, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA. mcrabtree@cdc.gov

PMID: 19658258
DOI: 10.1603/033.046.0431

Abstract

Mosquitoes collected during an outbreak of Rift Valley fever in Kenya from December 2006 to February 2007 were tested to isolate other mosquito-borne arboviruses circulating in the region. Twenty-seven virus isolations were made comprising seven viruses from three arbovirus families.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Animals
Arboviruses / isolation & purification*
Culicidae / virology*
Environmental Monitoring
Insect Vectors / virology*
Kenya
Rift Valley Fever / prevention & control
Rift Valley Fever / transmission*
Rift Valley Fever / virology
Rift Valley fever virus / isolation & purification*