title: Japanese encephalitis virus RNA detected in Culex pipiens mosquitoes in Italy.
abstract: Mosquitoes collected in northern Italy were screened for flavivirus RNA. Positive amplicons were sequenced and found most similar to insect flavivirus (ISF), Usutu virus (USUV) and surprisingly also to Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV). The sequence (167 bp), obtained from one pool of Culex pipiens, was found identical to JEV strains from bats in China. Unfortunately additional sequence data or virus isolations were not obtained in this study. Confirmation of potential introduction of JEV to Italy and other European countries is urgently needed.
authors: Laboratory of Molecular Virology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Maggiore della Carità, Novara, Italy. paolo.ravanini@gmail.com
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Ravanini
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Huhtamo
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Ilaria
authors: M G
authors: MG
authors: Crobu
authors: A M
authors: AM
authors: Nicosia
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Servino
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Rivasi
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Allegrini
authors: U
authors: U
authors: Miglio
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Magri
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Minisini
authors: O
authors: O
authors: Vapalahti
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Boldorini
mesh_terms: D054458:Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis; D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000821:virology; D003465:Culex / Q000235:genetics / Q000821:virology*; D004664:Encephalitis Virus, Japanese / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000821:virology*; D007558:Italy; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D017421:Sequence Analysis
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral