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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

K. J. Linthicum ,
F. G. Davies ,
A. Kairo  and
C. L. Bailey
K. J. Linthicum
Affiliation:
U.S. Army Medical Research Unit (WRAIR) Kenya, Box 401, APO New York 09675 and Veterinary Research Laboratory, P.O. Kabete, Kenya
F. G. Davies
Affiliation:
U.S. Army Medical Research Unit (WRAIR) Kenya, Box 401, APO New York 09675 and Veterinary Research Laboratory, P.O. Kabete, Kenya
A. Kairo
Affiliation:
U.S. Army Medical Research Unit (WRAIR) Kenya, Box 401, APO New York 09675 and Veterinary Research Laboratory, P.O. Kabete, Kenya
C. L. Bailey
Affiliation:
Department of Arboviral Entomology, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD 21701, U.S.A.
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A total of 134876 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 grassland depressions that serve as the developmental sites for the immature stages of many mosquito species. The isolation of virus from adult male and female A. lineatopennis which had been reared from field-collected larvae and pupae suggests that transovarial transmission of the virus occurs in this species.

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Research Article
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Journal of Hygiene , Volume 95 , Issue 1 , August 1985 , pp. 197 - 209
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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