Article
Detection of Japanese encephalitis virus in mosquitoes from Xinjiang during next-generation sequencing arboviral surveillance.
Transboundary and emerging diseases - 1 Mar 2021
Hameed Muddassar, Khan Sawar, Xu Jinpeng, Zhang Junjie, Wang Xin, Di Di, Chen Zheng, Naveed Anwar Muhammad, Wahaab Abdul, Ma Xiaochun, Nawaz Mohsin, Liu Ke, Li Beibei, Shao Donghua, Qiu Yafeng, Wei Jianchao, Ma Zhiyong
Abstract excerpt
A total of 548 mosquitoes were collected from different animal farms located near to highly populated cities in Xinjiang and were subjected to metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS). The mNGS data demonstrated that 18,842 (XJ1 strain) and 1,077 (XJ2 strain) of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV)-related reads were detected in XJ1 and XJ2 mosquito samples collected from Wushi and Wensu counties of Aksu area,...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.