Mosquito-borne Inkoo virus in northern Sweden - isolation and whole genome sequencing.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Inkoo virus (INKV) is a less known mosquito-borne virus belonging to Bunyaviridae, genus Orthobunyavirus, California serogroup. Studies indicate that INKV infection is mainly asymptomatic, but can cause mild encephalitis in humans. In northern Europe, the sero-prevalence against INKV is high, 41% in Sweden and 51% in Finland. Previously, INKV RNA has been detected in adult Aedes (Ae.) communis, Ae. hexodontus and Ae. punctor mosquitoes and Ae. communis larvae, but there are still gaps of knowledge regarding mosquito vectors and genetic diversity. Therefore, we aimed to determine the occurrence of INKV in its mosquito vector and characterize the isolates.

Methods

About 125,000 mosquitoes were collected during a mosquito-borne virus surveillance in northern Sweden d

SUBMITTER: Lwande OW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5362992 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature