Isolation and molecular characterization of Banna virus from mosquitoes, Vietnam

Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Aug;14(8):1276-9. doi: 10.3201/eid1408.080100.

Abstract

We isolated and characterized a Banna virus from mosquitoes in Vietnam; 5 strains were isolated from field-caught mosquitoes at various locations; Banna virus was previously isolated from encephalitis patients in Yunnan, China, in 1987. Together, these findings suggest widespread distribution of this virus throughout Southeast Asia.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Coltivirus / genetics
  • Coltivirus / isolation & purification*
  • Culicidae / virology*
  • Genome, Viral
  • Phylogeny
  • RNA, Viral / genetics
  • Reoviridae Infections / epidemiology
  • Reoviridae Infections / virology
  • Seasons
  • Time Factors
  • Vietnam / epidemiology

Substances

  • RNA, Viral