Volume 8, Number 12—December 2002
Dispatch
Isolation and Genetic Characterization of Rift Valley fever virus from Aedes vexans arabiensis, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Barry R. Miller*
, Marvin S. Godsey*, Mary Crabtree*, Harry M. Savage*, Yagob Al-Mazrao†, Mohammed H. Al-Jeffri†, Abdel-Mohsin M. Abdoon†, Suleiman M. Al-Seghayer†, Ali M. Al-Shahrani†, and Thomas G. Ksiazek*
, Marvin S. Godsey*, Mary Crabtree*, Harry M. Savage*, Yagob Al-Mazrao†, Mohammed H. Al-Jeffri†, Abdel-Mohsin M. Abdoon†, Suleiman M. Al-Seghayer†, Ali M. Al-Shahrani†, and Thomas G. Ksiazek*
Table 1
Arthropods collected in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, December 5–13, 2000
| Taxon | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|
| Specimens reared from larvae and pupae | ||
| Aedes vexans arabiensis | 887 | 858 |
| Ae. vittatus | 0 | 2 |
| Culex pipiens complex | 67 | 47 |
| Specimens collected in carbon dioxide–baited light trap | ||
| Anopheles dthali | 50 | 0 |
| Ae. vexans arabiensis | 122 | 0 |
| Ae. vittatus | 6 | 3 |
| Ae. aegypti | 2 | 0 |
| Ae. unilineatus | 18 | 3 |
| Cx. pipiens complex | 266 | 149 |
| Cx. nebulosus | 1 | 0 |
| Cx. salisburiensis | 1 | 0 |
| Cx. tritaeniorhynchus | 42 | 0 |
| Aedes species | 16 | 0 |
| Anopheles species | 142 | 1 |
| Culex species | 31 | 0 |
| Psychodidae | 61 | 18 |
| Ceratopogonidae | 26 | 3 |
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