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Viruses Isolated from Mosquitoes Collected in Sri Lanka

J. S. M. PeirisDepartment 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

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Priyanie H. AmerasingheDepartment 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

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Felix P. AmerasingheDepartment 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

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Charles H. CalisherDepartment 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

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L. Parakrama PereraDepartment 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

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Chinniah K. ArunagiriDepartment 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

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Navaratna B. MunasinghaDepartment 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

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S. H. P. Parakrama KarunaratneDepartment 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

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1994.51.154
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Volume 51: Issue 2
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154–161
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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.
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Copyright © 1994 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1994
Published Online:
Aug 1994
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