Short report: the first isolation of Japanese encephalitis virus from mosquitoes collected from mainland Australia

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2006 Jul;75(1):21-5.

Abstract

In response to an incursion of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) on Cape York Peninsula, Australia, in 2005, 23,144 Culex mosquitoes were processed for virus detection. A single isolate of JEV was obtained from a pool of Culex sitiens subgroup mosquitoes. This is the first reported mosquito isolate of JEV from the Australian mainland.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Viral / metabolism
  • Australia
  • Cell Line
  • Culex / virology*
  • Encephalitis Virus, Japanese / classification
  • Encephalitis Virus, Japanese / genetics
  • Encephalitis Virus, Japanese / isolation & purification*
  • Encephalitis, Japanese / transmission*
  • Encephalitis, Japanese / virology
  • Genotype
  • Insect Vectors / virology*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phylogeny
  • Population Surveillance
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA / methods
  • Viral Envelope Proteins / genetics

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Viral Envelope Proteins
  • glycoprotein E, Flavivirus

Associated data

  • GENBANK/DQ267756
  • GENBANK/DQ267757
  • GENBANK/DQ267758
  • GENBANK/DQ267759