Japanese encephalitis viruses from bats in Yunnan, China

Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Jun;15(6):939-42. doi: 10.3201/eid1506.081525.

Abstract

Genome sequencing and virulence studies of 2 Japanese encephalitis viruses (JEVs) from bats in Yunnan, China, showed a close relationship with JEVs isolated from mosquitoes and humans in the same region over 2 decades. These results indicate that bats may play a role in human Japanese encephalitis outbreaks in this region.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Animals, Suckling
  • Brain / virology
  • Cell Line
  • China / epidemiology
  • Chiroptera / classification
  • Chiroptera / virology*
  • Culicidae / virology
  • DNA, Viral / analysis
  • Encephalitis Virus, Japanese / classification*
  • Encephalitis Virus, Japanese / genetics
  • Encephalitis Virus, Japanese / isolation & purification
  • Encephalitis Virus, Japanese / pathogenicity*
  • Encephalitis, Japanese / epidemiology*
  • Encephalitis, Japanese / virology
  • Genome, Viral
  • Humans
  • Mice
  • Phylogeny
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Virulence

Substances

  • DNA, Viral