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New genotypes of Liao ning virus (LNV) in Australia exhibit an insect-specific phenotype.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Apr 2018
Prow Natalie A, Mah Marcus G, Deerain Joshua M, Warrilow David, Colmant Agathe M G, O'Brien Caitlin A, Harrison Jessica J, McLean Breeanna J, Hewlett Elise K, Piyasena Thisun B H, Hall-Mendelin Sonja, van den Hurk Andrew F, Watterson Daniel, Huang Bixing, Schulz Benjamin L, Webb Cameron E, Johansen Cheryl A, Chow Weng K, Hobson-Peters Jody, Cazier Chris, Coffey Lark L, Faddy Helen M, Suhrbier Andreas, Bielefeldt-Ohmann Helle, Hall Roy A
Abstract excerpt
Liao ning virus (LNV) was first isolated in 1996 from mosquitoes in China, and has been shown to replicate in selected mammalian cell lines and to cause lethal haemorrhagic disease in experimentally infected mice. The first detection of LNV in Australia was by deep sequencing of mosquito homogenates. We subsequently isolated LNV from mosquitoes of four genera (Culex, Anopheles, Mansonia and Aedes) in New South...
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