Group IV Getah Virus in Culex Mosquitoes, Malaysia

Sing-Sin Sam; Noor-Adila Mohamed-Romai-Noor; Boon-Teong Teoh; Zur-Raiha Hamim; Hoi-Ying Ng; Juraina Abd-Jamil; Chee-Sieng Khor; Sharifah-Syed Hassan; Hamdan Ahmad; Sazaly AbuBakar

doi:10.3201/eid2802.204887

Group IV Getah Virus in Culex Mosquitoes, Malaysia

Emerg Infect Dis. 2022 Feb;28(2):475-477. doi: 10.3201/eid2802.204887.

Authors

Sing-Sin Sam, Noor-Adila Mohamed-Romai-Noor, Boon-Teong Teoh, Zur-Raiha Hamim, Hoi-Ying Ng, Juraina Abd-Jamil, Chee-Sieng Khor, Sharifah-Syed Hassan, Hamdan Ahmad, Sazaly AbuBakar

Abstract

A new Getah virus (GETV) strain, B254, was isolated from Culex fuscocephalus mosquitoes captured at Mount Ophir, Malaysia, in 2012. Phylogenetic analyses revealed that GETV B254 is distinct from the old Malaysia GETV MM2021 strain but closely related to group IV GETV from Russia (LEIV16275Mag), China (YN12031), and Thailand (GETV/SW/Thailand/2017).

Keywords: Getah virus; Malaysia; alphavirus; arbovirus; emerging; evolution; infectious diseases; mosquitoes; tropical; vector-borne infections; viruses.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Alphavirus*
Animals
Culex*
Culicidae*
Malaysia / epidemiology
Phylogeny