Vertical transmission of naturally occurring Bunyamwera and insect-specific flavivirus infections in mosquitoes from islands and mainland shores of Lakes Victoria and Baringo in Kenya.

• Main Authors: Yvonne Ukamaka Ajamma (Author), Thomas Ogao Onchuru (Author), Daniel O Ouso (Author), David Omondi (Author), Daniel K Masiga (Author), Jandouwe Villinger (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Many arboviruses transmitted by mosquitoes have been implicated as causative agents of both human and animal illnesses in East Africa. Although epidemics of arboviral emerging infectious diseases have risen in frequency in recent years, the extent to which mosquitoes m...