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The Mosquitoes of Bwamba County, Uganda*

VII.—Intensive Catching on Tree-platforms, with further Observations on Aëdes (Stegomyia) africanus, Theobald

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

A. J. Haddow  and
A. F. Mahaffy
A. J. Haddow
Affiliation:
Yellow Fever Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda.
A. F. Mahaffy
Affiliation:
Yellow Fever Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda.
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In an attempt to isolate yellow fever virus from Aëdes (Stegomyia) africanus, Theo., an intensive series of catches was carried out during 11 weeks of 1945 in 2 forest areas in Bwamba County, Uganda. Most of the work was carried out on platforms in trees during the sunset period, since the main biting activity of A. africanus occurs in the forest canopy just after sunset. Virus was not obtained during the course of this work.

The results confirmed that A. africanus is the dominant arboreal Culicine of the sunset period. In catches carried out actually in the canopy it formed 69 per cent. of the total Culicines taken.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 40 , Issue 2 , August 1949 , pp. 169 - 178
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1949

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