Isolation and molecular characterization of Banna virus from mosquitoes, Vietnam.
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.
Nabeshima
Takeshi
T
Department of Virology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki City, Japan.
Thi Nga
Phan
P
Guillermo
Posadas
P
Parquet
Maria del Carmen
Mdel C
Yu
Fuxun
F
Thanh Thuy
Nguyen
N
Minh Trang
Bui
B
Tran Hien
Nguyen
N
Sinh Nam
Vu
V
Inoue
Shingo
S
Hasebe
Futoshi
F
Morita
Kouichi
K
D000818:Animals; D018162:Coltivirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009033:Culicidae / Q000821:virology*; D016679:Genome, Viral; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D012088:Reoviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D012621:Seasons; D013997:Time Factors; D014744:Vietnam / Q000453:epidemiology
D012367:RNA, Viral