Concepedia

Mosquito-borne viruses circulating in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kennedy Makola Mbanzulu, Roger Wumba, Jean Pierre Kambala Mukendi, Josué Zanga, Fortunate Shija, Thierry Bobanga, Michel Ntetani Aloni, Gerald Misinzo

International Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2017 · 25 citations · 11 references

DOIFull text

Open access

Abstract

The present study shows that mosquitoes in Kinshasa carry mosquito-borne viruses that may have serious public health implications. Further investigations on the presence of mosquito-borne viruses in the human and livestock populations of Kinshasa and DRC are recommended.

References

11

A supplement to the Anophelinae of Africa south of the Sahara (Afrotropical Region).

M. T. Gillies, Maureen Coetzee · IHI Repository · 1987 · 874 citations

, , +7

Pictorial keys for the identification of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) associated with Dengue Virus Transmission

Leopoldo M. Rueda · Zootaxa · 2004 · 517 citations · Full text

, , +15

Comparative Role of <i>Aedes albopictus</i> and <i>Aedes aegypti</i> in the Emergence of Dengue and Chikungunya in Central Africa

Christophe Paupy, Benjamin Ollomo, Basile Kamgang et al. · Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases · 2009 · 297 citations

Mosquitoes of the Ethiopian Region

P. A. Buxton · Nature · 1941 · 270 citations

, , +1

Epidemic resurgence of Chikungunya virus in democratic Republic of the Congo: Identification of a new central African strain

Boris Pastorino, Jean‐Jacques Muyembé‐Tamfum, Maël Bessaud et al. · Journal of Medical Virology · 2004 · 209 citations