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Australian <i>Culex annulirostris</i> mosquitoes are competent vectors for Japanese encephalitis virus genotype IV
2024-06-14
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Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is transmitted by Culex species of mosquitoes. In 2022, JEV belonging to a previously unrecognised lineage of genotype IV (GIV) caused a major outbreak of JE in South-eastern Australia, resulting in human cases and affecting piggeries. Cx. annulirostris has previously been implicated as the major vector of JEV in northern Australia where the virus has circulated since its first...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 1a7af5aa-ed85-5068-907a-7f231118e16e
- DOI
- 10.1101/2024.06.13.598393
