Japanese Encephalitis Viruses from Bats in Yunnan, China
Author(s) -
Jinglin Wang,
Xiaoling Pan,
Hailin Zhang,
Shihong Fu,
Huanyu Wang,
Qing Tang,
LinFa Wang,
Guodong Liang
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
emerging infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.54
H-Index - 226
eISSN - 1080-6059
pISSN - 1080-6040
DOI - 10.3201/eid1506.081525
Subject(s) - japanese encephalitis , outbreak , encephalitis , virology , biology , virulence , china , viral encephalitis , zoology , virus , geography , gene , genetics , archaeology
Genome sequencing and virulence studies of 2 Japanese encephalitis viruses (JEVs) from bats in Yunnan, China, showed a close relationship with JEVs isolated from mosquitoes and humans in the same region over 2 decades. These results indicate that bats may play a role in human Japanese encephalitis outbreaks in this region.
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