Rift Valley fever virus (family Bunyaviridae, genus Phlebovirus ). Isolations from Diptera collected during an inter-epizootic period in Kenya

J. Linthicum, Kenneth; G. Davies, F.; Kairo, Alladin; Bailey, Charles

doi:10.1017/s0022172400062434

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Rift Valley fever virus (family Bunyaviridae, genus Phlebovirus ). Isolations from Diptera collected during an inter-epizootic period in Kenya

Published in Journal of Hygiene • Aug 1, 1985

Authors:

Kenneth J. Linthicum

F. G. Davies

Alladin Kairo

Abstract

A total of 134 876 Diptera collected in Kenya during a 3-year period were tested in 3383 pools for Rift Valley fever (RVF) virus. Nineteen pools of unengorged mosquitoes were found positive for RVF. All isolations were made from specimens collected at or near the naturally or artificially flooded gr...

Subject

Phlebovirus

Epizootic

Bunyaviridae

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