Isolation and characterization of a new mosquito flavivirus, Quang Binh virus, from Vietnam.
In recent years, a number of flaviviruses that replicate only in an arthropod host have been discovered and characterized. We describe here the isolation and characterization of a new mosquito-only flavivirus in this group. The virus was isolated from Culex tritaeniorhyncus mosquitoes collected in Vietnam in 2002 and was found to be genetically different from mosquito flaviviruses described previously. We propose the isolate be named Quang Binh virus.
Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Department of Health and Human Services, 3150 Rampart Road, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA. mcrabtree@cdc.gov
Mary B
MB
Crabtree
Phan T
PT
Nga
Barry R
BR
Miller
D000818:Animals; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D006224:Cricetinae; D003465:Culex / Q000821:virology*; D005416:Flavivirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016679:Genome, Viral; D007304:Insect Viruses / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017423:Sequence Analysis, RNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014709:Vero Cells; D014744:Vietnam
D012367:RNA, Viral