Viruses isolated from mosquitoes collected in Sri Lanka

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1994 Aug;51(2):154-61. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.1994.51.154.

Abstract

Attempts to isolate viruses from 178,181 unengorged female mosquitoes collected from different ecologic areas of Sri Lanka yielded 31 isolates: 17 of Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus, nine of Getah virus, three of a Batai-related bunyavirus, and two of Arkonam virus. Culex tritaeniorhynchus and Mansonia uniformis mosquitoes were found to carry JE virus in a dry zone nonepidemic area, and Cx. pseudovishnui was found to carry it in a wet zone nonepidemic area. Japanese encephalitis virus was isolated from Cx. tritaeniorhynchus, Cx. gelidus, Cx. fuscocephala, and Cx. whitmorei during a human epidemic in the dry zone. Getah virus was isolated from Cx. tritaeniorhynchus, Cx. gelidus, and Cx. fuscocephala collected in the vicinity of swine. Isolations of Getah, Arkonam, and Batai-related viruses from Sri Lanka are reported for the first time.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Alphavirus / isolation & purification*
  • Animals
  • Animals, Suckling
  • Culex / microbiology
  • Culicidae / microbiology*
  • Encephalitis Virus, Japanese / isolation & purification*
  • Female
  • Fluorescent Antibody Technique
  • Insect Vectors / microbiology*
  • Mice
  • Orbivirus / isolation & purification
  • Orthobunyavirus / isolation & purification
  • Sri Lanka