Viruses isolated from mosquitoes collected in Sri Lanka.
Am J Trop Med Hyg
; 51(2): 154-61, 1994 Aug.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-7915499
ABSTRACT
Attempts to isolate viruses from 178,181 unengorged female mosquitoes collected from different ecologic areas of Sri Lanka yielded 31 isolates 17 of Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus, nine of Getah virus, three of a Batai-related bunyavirus, and two of Arkonam virus. Culex tritaeniorhynchus and Mansonia uniformis mosquitoes were found to carry JE virus in a dry zone nonepidemic area, and Cx. pseudovishnui was found to carry it in a wet zone nonepidemic area. Japanese encephalitis virus was isolated from Cx. tritaeniorhynchus, Cx. gelidus, Cx. fuscocephala, and Cx. whitmorei during a human epidemic in the dry zone. Getah virus was isolated from Cx. tritaeniorhynchus, Cx. gelidus, and Cx. fuscocephala collected in the vicinity of swine. Isolations of Getah, Arkonam, and Batai-related viruses from Sri Lanka are reported for the first time.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Alphavirus
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Encephalitis Virus, Japanese
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Insect Vectors
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Culicidae
Limits:
Animals
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Year:
1994
Type:
Article