Isolation and characterization of a new mosquito flavivirus, Quang Binh virus, from Vietnam

Arch Virol. 2009;154(5):857-60. doi: 10.1007/s00705-009-0373-1. Epub 2009 Apr 5.

Abstract

In recent years, a number of flaviviruses that replicate only in an arthropod host have been discovered and characterized. We describe here the isolation and characterization of a new mosquito-only flavivirus in this group. The virus was isolated from Culex tritaeniorhyncus mosquitoes collected in Vietnam in 2002 and was found to be genetically different from mosquito flaviviruses described previously. We propose the isolate be named Quang Binh virus.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Chlorocebus aethiops
  • Cricetinae
  • Culex / virology*
  • Flavivirus / classification
  • Flavivirus / genetics*
  • Flavivirus / isolation & purification
  • Genome, Viral
  • Insect Viruses / classification
  • Insect Viruses / genetics*
  • Insect Viruses / isolation & purification
  • Phylogeny*
  • RNA, Viral / genetics
  • Sequence Alignment
  • Sequence Analysis, RNA
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
  • Vero Cells
  • Vietnam

Substances

  • RNA, Viral