Isolation and Genetic Characterization of Rift Valley fever virus from Aedes vexans arabiensis, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Miller, Barry R. ; Godsey, Marvin S. ; Crabtree, Mary B. ; Savage, Harry M. ; Al-Mazrao, Yagob ; Al-Jeffri, Mohammed H. ; Abdoon, Abdel-Mohsin M. ; Al-Seghayer, Suleiman M. ; Al-Shahrani, Ali M. ; Ksiazek, Thomas G.
• Description:
  An outbreak of Rift Valley fever in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Yemen in 2000 was the first recognized occurrence of the illness outside of Africa and Madagascar. An assessment of potential mosquito vectors in the region yielded an isolate from Aedes vexans arabiensis, most closely related to strains from Madagascar (1991) and Kenya (1997).
• Subjects:
  Aedes Animals Disease Outbreaks Dispatch Rift Valley Fever Rift Valley Fever Virus
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 8(12):1492-1494.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Saudi Arabia
• Location:
  Middle East
• Volume:
  8
• Issue:
  12
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:99f0ab0551f723d548d4db62a31e5d94b57a9fdfccefef749162ff62ef008842
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/3090/cdc_3090_DS1.pdf
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