Volume 5, Number 5—October 1999
Synopsis
West Nile Fever–a Reemerging Mosquito-Borne Viral Disease in Europe
Table 1
Species | No. | Countries |
---|---|---|
Mosquitoes | ||
Culex antennatusa | 6 | Egypt, Madagascar |
decens group | 8 | Madagascar |
ethiopicus | 1 | Ethiopia |
guiarti | 1 | Côte d Ivoire |
modestus | 3 | France, Russia |
neavei | 4 | Senegal, South Africa |
nigripes | 1 | Central African Republic |
perexiguus | 1 | Israel |
perfuscus group | 3 | Central African Republic, Senegal |
pipiensa | 7 | South Africa, Egypt, Israel, Romania, Czechland, Bulgariab |
poicilipes | 29 | Senegal |
pruina | 1 | Central African Republic |
quinquefasciatusa | 7 | India, Pakistan, Madagascar |
scottii | 1 | Madagascar |
theileria | 4 | South Africa |
tritaeniorhynchusa | 3 | Pakistan, India, Madagascar |
univittatusa | 51 | Egypt, Israel, South Africa, Madagascar |
vishnuia group | 6 | India, Pakistan |
weschei | 1 | Central African Republic |
sp. | 3 | Egypt, Algeria, Central African Republic |
Coquillettidia metallica | 1 | Uganda |
microannulata | 1 | South Africa |
richiardii | 5 | South Russia, Bulgariab |
Mansonia uniformis | 1 | Ethiopia |
Aedes aegyptia | 1 | Madagascar |
africanus | 1 | Central African Republic |
albocephalus | 35 | Madagascar |
albothorax | 1 | Kenya |
cantans | 7 | Slovakia, Ukraine, Bulgariab |
caspiusa | 1 | Ukraine |
circumluteolus | 2 | South Africa, Madagascar |
excrucians | 1 | Ukraine |
juppi+caballus | 1 | South Africa |
madagascarensis | 1 | Madagascar |
vexans | 3 | Senegal, Russia |
Anopheles brunnipes | 1 | Madagascar |
coustani | 1 | Israel |
maculipalpis | 1 | Madagascar |
maculipennis | 3 | Portugal, Ukraine |
subpictus | 1 | India |
sp. | 1 | Madagascar |
Mimomyia hispida | 8 | Senegal |
lacustris | 4 | Senegal |
splendens | 6 | Senegal |
sp. | 2 | Senegal |
Aedeomyia africana | 1 | Senegal |
Soft ticks | ||
Argas hermannia | 3 | Egypt |
Ornithodoros capensisa | 5 | Azerbaijan |
Hard ticks | ||
Hyalomma marginatum | 5 | Astrakhan, Azerbaijan |
detritum | 1 | Turkmenistan |
Rhipicephalus turanicus | 1 | Azerbaijan |
muhsamae | 1 | Central African Republic |
Amblyomma variegatum | 1 | Central African Republic |
Dermacentor marginatusa | 1 | Moldavia |
aExperimental transmission of the virus also demonstrated.
bDetected in mosquitoes by immunofluorescence assay.
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