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isolation of rift valley fever virus from mosquitoes (diptera: culicidae) collected during an outbreak in domestic animals in kenya.	during an outbreak of rift valley fever (rvf) in livestock near lake naivasha, rift valley province, kenya, 61,347 mosquitoes (1,287 pools) collected in co2-baited light traps yielded seven viral isolates. five isolates of rvf virus were recovered from 18,831 culex zombaensis theobald and one from 14,439 mansonia africana (theobald). one isolate of a bunyamwera group virus was recovered from 1,175 aedes quasiunivittatus (theobald).	1991	1676073
blood-feeding patterns of culex quinquefasciatus and other culicines and implications for disease transmission in mwea rice scheme, kenya.	studies were conducted in mwea rice scheme, kenya during the period april 2005 and january 2007 to determine the host-feeding pattern of culicine mosquitoes. mosquitoes were collected indoors and outdoors and tested for human, bovine, goat, and donkey blood meals by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. a total of 1,714 blood-engorged samples comprising culex quinquefasciatus say (96.1%), culex annulioris theobald (1.8%), culex poicilipes theobald (0.9%), aedes cuminsi theobald (1.0%), aedes tay ...	2008	18297310
rift valley fever virus epidemic in kenya, 2006/2007: the entomologic investigations.	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 po ...	2010	20682903