| Literature DB >> 8840681 |
M Traoré-Lamizana1, D Fontenille, H G Zeller, M Mondo, M Diallo, F Adam, M Eyraud, A Maiga, J P Digoutte.
Abstract
During the 1993 rainy season, 15,806 mosquitoes, including 14,304 Aedes ssp., were collected and tested for virus infection in 702 and 547 pools, respectively. Aedes furcifer (Edwards) was the most abundant species collected throughout the survey period. Yellow fever (YF) virus was detected in 187 pools: Ae. furcifer (123 isolates), Ae. taylori (Edwards) (41 isolates), and Ae. luteocephalus (Newstead) (23 isolates). A high prevalence of immunoglobulin (IgG) antibodies was found in human and simian populations. Results clearly indicated that increased sylvatic YF activity in eastern Senegal has the increased the risk of YF transmission among rural populations in West Africa. Our results showed that a minimal survey period may be effective in detecting the circulation of YF in the Kedougou area.Entities:
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Year: 1996 PMID： 8840681 DOI： 10.1093/jmedent/33.5.760
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Med Entomol ISSN： 0022-2585 Impact factor: 2.278