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Isolation and identification of a distinct strain of Culex Flavivirus from mosquitoes collected in Mainland China.
Virology journal - 27 Mar 2012
Huanyu Wang, Haiyan Wang, Shihong Fu, Guifang Liu, Hong Liu, Xiaoyan Gao, Lizhi Song, Rayner Simon, Aiqiang Xu, Guodong Liang
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Culexflavivirus (CxFV) is an insect specific virus that has been isolated from Culexpipiens, Culexquinquefasciatus, Culextritaeniorhynchus and other Culex mosquitoes. It is a novel flavivirus isolated in Asia, North America, Central America and Africa. Phylogenetic analysis indicates that, based on the envelope gene (E gene) sequence, the worldwide CxFV strains can be divided into two genotypes....
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