title: Surveillance of Rift Valley Fever Virus in Mosquito Vectors of the Republic of Korea.
abstract: Rift Valley fever (RVF) is an acute mosquito-borne viral zoonotic disease that affects mainly domestic ruminants and humans. RVF virus (RVFV) was first identified in Kenya in 1931 and was reported to be endemic in Africa but has recently spread to the Arabian Peninsula. With increasing climate change and globalization of trade in animals and animal products, there is great concern that the disease will spread worldwide to regions such as Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Although RVFV has not been reported in the Republic of Korea (ROK), the possibility of RVFV introduction is increasing because transmissible mosquito vectors are present and direct flights to Africa were added in 2012. For these reasons, we conducted a surveillance study to detect RVFV in mosquito vectors collected around the airport and harbor from 2012 to 2013. A total of 36,734 mosquitoes were collected and tested by real-time RT-PCR. A total of 1837 mosquito pools were used, and all were confirmed to be negative. This is the first report in the ROK concerning RVFV surveillance in mosquito vectors, and continuous surveillance will be conducted for the early warning of RVFV introduction.
authors.affiliation: 1 Foreign Animal Disease Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency , Anyang, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Hyun-Joo
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: 1 Foreign Animal Disease Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency , Anyang, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Hye-Rhyoung
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Lyoo
authors.affiliation: 1 Foreign Animal Disease Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency , Anyang, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jee-Yong
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: 1 Foreign Animal Disease Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency , Anyang, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jeong-Soo
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: 1 Foreign Animal Disease Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency , Anyang, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Ji-Youn
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: 1 Foreign Animal Disease Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency , Anyang, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Hye-Young
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Jeoung
authors.affiliation: 1 Foreign Animal Disease Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency , Anyang, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Yun-Sang
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.affiliation: 1 Foreign Animal Disease Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency , Anyang, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: In-Soo
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.affiliation: 2 College of Veterinary Medicine and BK21 PLUS, Seoul National University , Seoul, Republic of Korea.|3 Institute of Green Bio Science and Technology, Seoul National University , Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Han Sang
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Yoo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D009033:Culicidae / Q000821:virology*; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000821:virology*; D056910:Republic of Korea; D012296:Rift Valley fever virus; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000821:virology
keywords: Real-time RT-PCR; Rift valley fever; Vector surveillance; Zoonosis