Isolation and Identification of Sandfly-Borne Viruses from Sandflies Collected from June to August, 2019, in Yangquan County, China

Qinyan Wang; Qikai Yin; Shihong Fu; Jingxia Cheng; Xiuyan Xu; Jing Wang; Bin Wu; Xiaodong Tian; Yan Li; Jing Lu; Ying He; Fan Li; Kai Nie; Songtao Xu; Xiaoqing Lu; Huanyu Wang; Bin Wang; Guodong Liang

doi:10.3390/v14122692

Viruses (Nov 2022)

Isolation and Identification of Sandfly-Borne Viruses from Sandflies Collected from June to August, 2019, in Yangquan County, China

Qinyan Wang,
Qikai Yin,
Shihong Fu,
Jingxia Cheng,
Xiuyan Xu,
Jing Wang,
Bin Wu,
Xiaodong Tian,
Yan Li,
Jing Lu,
Ying He,
Fan Li,
Kai Nie,
Songtao Xu,
Xiaoqing Lu,
Huanyu Wang,
Bin Wang,
Guodong Liang

Affiliations

Qinyan Wang: Tongzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 101199, China
Qikai Yin: State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
Shihong Fu: State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
Jingxia Cheng: Shanxi Province Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Taiyuan 030012, China
Xiuyan Xu: State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
Jing Wang: State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
Bin Wu: Yangquan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Yangquan 045099, China
Xiaodong Tian: Shanxi Province Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Taiyuan 030012, China
Yan Li: Yangquan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Yangquan 045099, China
Jing Lu: Yangquan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Yangquan 045099, China
Ying He: State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
Fan Li: State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
Kai Nie: State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
Songtao Xu: State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
Xiaoqing Lu: School of Public Health, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
Huanyu Wang: State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
Bin Wang: School of Public Health, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
Guodong Liang: State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/v14122692
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 12
p. 2692

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In Yangquan County, the sandfly-transmitted virus (Wuxiang virus) was first isolated from sandflies in 2018. However, relationships between the abundance and seasonal fluctuations of local sandflies and sandfly-transmitted viruses are unknown. Herein, we report that sandfly specimens were collected in three villages in Yangquan County, from June to August, 2019. A total of 8363 sandflies were collected (June, 7927; July, 428; August, 8). Eighteen virus strains (June, 18; July, 0; August, 0) were isolated in pools of Phlebotomus chinensis. The genome sequence of the newly isolated virus strain was highly similar to that of the Wuxiang virus (WUXV), isolated from sandflies in Yangquan County in 2018. Our results suggested that the sandfly-transmitted viruses, and the local sandfly population, are stable in Yangquan County, and that June is the peak period for the virus carried by sandflies in this area.

Published in Viruses

ISSN: 1999-4915 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology
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