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The Mosquitoes Of Bwamba County, Uganda

V.—The vertical Distribution and Biting-Cycle of Mosquitoes in Rain-Forest, with further Observations on Microclimate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

A. J. Haddow ,
J. D. Gillett  and
R. B. Highton
A. J. Haddow
Affiliation:
Yellow Fever Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda.*
J. D. Gillett
Affiliation:
Yellow Fever Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda.*
R. B. Highton
Affiliation:
Yellow Fever Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda.*
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1. During the past eight years field investigations on the epidemiology of yellow fever have been carried out in Bwamba County, a small heavily-forested area in the extreme west of Uganda.

During the course of this work yellow fever virus has been isolated from a human case, from Aëdes (Stegomyia) simpsoni, Theo., and from a mixed lot of Aëdes spp. taken in uninhabited rain-forest.

As it is known that yellow fever is endemic among the monkeys of the Bwamba forests and that a high rate of immunity is shown by certain species that rarely descend to the ground, it was concluded that an arboreal mosquito was the most likely transmitter of yellow fever among monkeys, and an investigation of the arboreal mosquito fauna was begun.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 37 , Issue 3 , January 1947 , pp. 301 - 330
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1947

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