Article
Isolation and phylogenetic analysis of Sindbis viruses from mosquitoes in Germany.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 May 2010
Jöst Hanna, Bialonski Alexandra, Storch Volker, Günther Stephan, Becker Norbert, Schmidt-Chanasit Jonas
Abstract excerpt
A molecular survey of 16,057 mosquitoes captured in Southwest Germany during the summer of 2009 demonstrated the presence of Sindbis virus (SINV) in Culex spp. and Anopheles maculipennis sensu lato. Phylogenetic analysis of the German SINV strains linked them with Swedish SINV strains, the causative agent of Ockelbo disease in humans.
Topics
- Animals
- Anopheles
- Cluster Analysis
- Culex
- Genotype
- Germany
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- RNA, Viral
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sindbis Virus