Additional isolations of Japanese encephalitis virus from the Philippines

T G Ksiazek; J H Trosper; J H Cross; V Basaca-Sevilla

Additional isolations of Japanese encephalitis virus from the Philippines

Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 1980 Dec;11(4):507-9.

Authors

T G Ksiazek, J H Trosper, J H Cross, V Basaca-Sevilla

PMID: 7221693

Abstract

Japanese encephalitis virus was isolated from Culex tritaeniorhynchus, Culex bitaenorhynchus and Anopheles annularis mosquitoes collected from San Jose, Nueva Ecija, South Central Luzon in the Philippines. This is the second report of the isolation of the virus from mosquitoes in the Philippine Islands.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Animals
Anopheles / microbiology
Culex / microbiology
Encephalitis Virus, Japanese / isolation & purification*
Philippines