Short report: the first isolation of Japanese encephalitis virus from mosquitoes collected from mainland Australia.
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.
Van Den Hurk
Andrew F
AF
Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. andrew_hurk@health.qld.gov.au
Montgomery
Brian L
BL
Northill
Judith A
JA
Smith
Ina L
IL
Zborowski
Paul
P
Ritchie
Scott A
SA
Mackenzie
John S
JS
Smith
Greg A
GA
D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000378:metabolism; D001315:Australia; D002460:Cell Line; D003465:Culex / Q000821:virology*; D004664:Encephalitis Virus, Japanese / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004672:Encephalitis, Japanese / Q000635:transmission* / Q000821:virology; D005838:Genotype; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000821:virology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D011159:Population Surveillance; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000235:genetics
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; C065696:glycoprotein E, Flavivirus