Browsing Natural and Agricultural Sciences by Subject "Yellow fever virus (YFV)"

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Assessment of risk of dengue and yellow fever virus transmission in three major Kenyan cities based on Stegomyia indices

Agha, Sheila Biloh; Tchouassi, David Poumo; Bastos, Armanda D.S.; Sang, Rosemary (Public Library of Science, 2017-08-17)

Dengue (DEN) and yellow fever (YF) are re-emerging in East Africa, with contributing drivers to this trend being unplanned urbanization and increasingly adaptable anthropophilic Aedes (Stegomyia) vectors. Entomological ...
Dengue and yellow fever virus vectors : seasonal abundance, diversity and resting preferences in three Kenyan cities

Agha, Sheila Biloh; Tchouassi, David Poumo; Bastos, Armanda D.S.; Sang, Rosemary (BioMed Central, 2017-12-20)

BACKGROUND : The transmission patterns of dengue (DENV) and yellow fever (YFV) viruses, especially in urban settings, are influenced by Aedes (Stegomyia) mosquito abundance and behavior. Despite recurrent dengue outbreaks ...
Risk assessment of urban yellow fever virus transmission in Kenya : is Aedes aegypti an efficient vector?

Agha, Sheila B.; Tchouassi, David P.; Turell, Michael J.; Bastos, Armanda; Sang, Rosemary (Taylor and Francis, 2022)

The absence of urban yellow fever epidemics in East Africa remains a mystery amidst the proliferation of Aedes aegypti in this region. To understand the transmission dynamics of the disease, we tested urban (Mombasa, ...

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