Volume 4, Number 2—June 1998
Dispatch
New Vectors of Rift Valley Fever in West Africa
Table 1
Rift Valley fever virus isolates in West and Central Africa
| Host | No. of isolates | Location | Year(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aedes dalzieli | 3 | Kédougou, Sénégal | 1974 |
| Ae. dalzieli | 1 | Kédougou, Sénégal | 1983 |
| Ae. ochraceus | 3 | Barkedji, Sénégal | 1993 |
| Ae. vexans | 10 | Barkedji, Sénégal | 1993 |
| Ae. cumminsii | 1 | Burkina-Faso | 1983 |
| Ae. furcifer | 1 | Burkina-Faso | 1983 |
| Culex antennatus | 1 | Nigeria | 1967-70 |
| Culicoides sp. | 2 | Nigeria 1967 | 1967 |
| Ae. palpalis | 1 | Central African Republic | 1969 |
| Mansonia africana | 1 | Central African Republic | 1969 |
| Amblyomma variegatum (on cattle in a slaughterhouse) | 1 | Central African Republic | 1983 |
| Humans | 2 | Sénégal | 1975 |
| 1 | Sénégal | 1980 | |
| 201 | Mauritania | 1987 | |
| 12 | Central African | 1971-90 | |
| Bats | 2 | Guinea | 1981-83 |
| Sheep | 1 | Barkedji, Sénégal | 1993 |
| Bovine | 1 | Kolda, Sénégal | 1993 |
