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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
Rift Valley fever virus epidemic in Kenya, 2006/2007: The entomologic investigations
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 83, No. 2 SUPPL., Year 2010
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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); Culexpoicilipes, 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. Copyright © 2010 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Authors & Co-Authors
Sang, Rosemary C.
Kenya, Nairobi
Kenya Medical Research Institute
Kioko, Elizabeth N.
Kenya, Nairobi
Kenya Medical Research Institute
Lutomiah, Joel J.L.
Kenya, Nairobi
Kenya Medical Research Institute
Warigia, Marion
Kenya, Nairobi
Kenya Medical Research Institute
Ochieng, Caroline Apondi
Kenya, Nairobi
Kenya Medical Research Institute
O'Guinn, Monica L.
United States, Fort Detrick
U.s. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
Lee, John S.
United States, Fort Detrick
U.s. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
Koka, Hellen
Kenya, Nairobi
Kenya Medical Research Institute
Godsey, Marvin S.
United States, Atlanta
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Hoel, David F.
United States, Gainesville
Usda Agricultural Research Service, Gainesville
Hanafi, Hanafi A.
Egypt, Cairo
U.s. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Egypt
Miller, Barry R.
United States, Atlanta
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Schnabel, David C.
Kenya, Nairobi
Kenya Medical Research Institute
Breiman, Robert F.
Kenya, Nairobi
International Emerging Infections Program
Richardson, Jason H.
Thailand, Bangkok
Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Thailand
Statistics
Citations: 189
Authors: 15
Affiliations: 7
Identifiers
Doi:
10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0319
ISSN:
00029637
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Infectious Diseases
Study Locations
Multi-countries
Kenya