Emerging Infectious Diseases (Aug 2008)

Isolation and Molecular Characterization of Banna Virus from Mosquitoes, Vietnam

  • Takeshi Nabeshima,
  • Phan Thi Nga,
  • Posadas Guillermo,
  • Maria del Carmen Parquet,
  • Fuxun Yu,
  • Nguyen Thanh Thuy,
  • Bui Minh Trang,
  • Nguyen Tran Hien,
  • Vu Sinh Nam,
  • Shingo Inoue,
  • Futoshi Hasebe,
  • Kouichi Morita

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1408.080100
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 8
pp. 1276 – 1279

Abstract

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We isolated and characterized a Banna virus from mosquitoes in Vietnam; 5 strains were isolated from field-caught mosquitoes at various locations; Banna virus was previously isolated from encephalitis patients in Yunnan, China, in 1987. Together, these findings suggest widespread distribution of this virus throughout Southeast Asia.

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