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Entomological surveillance for detection Rift valley fever virus activity in the risk areas in Egypt.
Benha Vet. Med. J. • 2011
Publication Information
Authors
Aidaros, H.; Villinski, J. T. and Khalaf-Allah S. S.
Keywords
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Journal
Benha Vet. Med. J.
Publisher
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Volume
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Issue
special issue (II)
Pages
75-80
publication.type
Local
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Abstract
In the present study, mosquitoes were collected and tested for the presence of Rift valley fever virus (RVF) by RT-PCR using specific primers to fragment of the M-segment of RVFV. The mosquitoes were collected through June to November of the year 2009. The mosquitoes were collected from previously infected governorates during last outbreaks. Sharkia, Dakahlya, Kafr- El-Sheick and Aswan governorates were negative for amplification of RVFV M-segment, these results may reflect the low levels of circulating RVF virus typical in interepizootic periods in the surveyed areas or the virus may not be present in these areas.