Viruses Isolated from Mosquitoes Collected in Sri Lanka

J. S. M. Peiris Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Search for other papers by J. S. M. Peiris in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed Close
,
Priyanie H. Amerasinghe Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Search for other papers by Priyanie H. Amerasinghe in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed Close
,
Felix P. Amerasinghe Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Search for other papers by Felix P. Amerasinghe in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed Close
,
Charles H. Calisher Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Search for other papers by Charles H. Calisher in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed Close
,
L. Parakrama Perera Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Search for other papers by L. Parakrama Perera in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed Close
,
Chinniah K. Arunagiri Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Search for other papers by Chinniah K. Arunagiri in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed Close
,
Navaratna B. Munasingha Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Search for other papers by Navaratna B. Munasingha in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed Close
, and
S. H. P. Parakrama Karunaratne Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Search for other papers by S. H. P. Parakrama Karunaratne in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed Close
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1994.51.154
Volume/Issue:
Volume 51: Issue 2
Page(s):
154–161
Restricted access
Get Permissions

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.

Author Notes

Copyright:
Copyright © 1994 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1994
Published Online:
Aug 1994
Cover The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Print ISSN:
0002-9637

Recent Advances in Cardiology

By C. R. Terence East, M.A., M.D., and C. W. Curtis Bain, M.C., M.B. Pp. 342. 12 plates and 57 text-figures. Philadelphia. P. Blakiston's Son & Co. 1929. Cloth

Author:
E. R. Gentry

The Science of Radiology

Edited by Otto Glasser, Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Pages I–XII, 1–450. Charles Thomas, Springfield, Ill., and Baltimore, Md., 1933

Author:
L. C. Scott
Past two years Past Year Past 30 Days
Abstract Views 1622 1024 45
Full Text Views 39 11 3
PDF Downloads 43 14 2
 

 

 

 
 
Affiliate Membership Banner
 
 
Research for Health Information Banner
 
 
CLOCKSS
 
 
 
Society Publishers Coalition Banner
Save