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Surveillance of Japanese encephalitis virus infection in mosquitoes in Vietnam from 2006 to 2008.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Apr 2013
Kuwata Ryusei, Nga Phan Thi, Yen Nguyen Thi, Hoshino Keita, Isawa Haruhiko, Higa Yukiko, Hoang Nguyen Vet, Trang Bui Minh, Loan Do Phuong, Phong Tran Vu, Sasaki Toshinori, Tsuda Yoshio, Kobayashi Mutsuo, Sawabe Kyoko, Takagi Masahiro
Abstract excerpt
Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) infection in mosquitoes was monitored in Vietnam from 2006 to 2008. A total of 15,225 mosquitoes, identified as 26 species in five genera were collected and 12,621 were grouped into 447 pools for examination of JEV infection by assays for cytopathic effects in C6/36 cells and by RT-PCR to detect flavivirus RNA. Three JEV strains were isolated from Culex tritaeniorhynchus Giles...
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