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1 June 2015 Mosquitoes and the Environment in Nile Delta Villages with Previous Rift Valley Fever Activity
Abdelbaset B. Zayed, Seth C. Britch, Mohamed I. Soliman, Kenneth J. Linthicum
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Egypt is affected by serious human and animal mosquito-borne diseases such as Rift Valley fever (RVF). We investigated how potential RVF virus mosquito vector populations are affected by environmental conditions in the Nile Delta region of Egypt by collecting mosquitoes and environmental data from 3 key governorates before and after 2012 seasonal flooding. We found that environmental effects varied among species, life stages, pre- and postflood groupings, and geographic populations of the same species, and that mosquito community composition could change after flooding. Our study provides preliminary data for modeling mosquitoes and mosquito-borne diseases in the Nile Delta region.

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Abdelbaset B. Zayed, Seth C. Britch, Mohamed I. Soliman, and Kenneth J. Linthicum "Mosquitoes and the Environment in Nile Delta Villages with Previous Rift Valley Fever Activity," Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 31(2), 139-148, (1 June 2015). https://doi.org/10.2987/14-6469R
Published: 1 June 2015
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KEYWORDS
arbovirus model
larval habitat
mosquito ecology
population dynamics
risk estimation
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