Emerging Infectious Diseases (Mar 2010)

Banna Virus, China, 1987–2007

  • Hong Liu,
  • Ming-Hua Li,
  • You-Gang Zhai,
  • Wei-Shan Meng,
  • Xiao-Hong Sun,
  • Yu-Xi Cao,
  • Shi-Hong Fu,
  • Huan-Yu Wang,
  • Li-Hong Xu,
  • Qing Tang,
  • Guo-Dong Liang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1603.091160
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16, no. 3
pp. 514 – 517

Abstract

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Banna viruses (BAVs) have been isolated from pigs, cattle, ticks, mosquitoes, and human encephalitis patients. We isolated and analyzed 20 BAVs newly isolated in China; this finding extends the distribution of BAVs from tropical zone to north temperate climates and demonstrate regional variations in BAV phylogeny and mosquito species possibly involved in BAV transmission.

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