Co-circulation of Aedes flavivirus, Culex flavivirus, and Quang Binh virus in Shanghai, China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With increases in global travel and trade, the spread of arboviruses is undoubtedly alarming. Pathogen detection in field-caught mosquitoes can provide the earliest possible warning of transmission. Insect-specific flavivirus (ISFV) has been first detected in 1991 and documented worldwide in the latest ten years. Although infection with ISFVs is apparently limited to insects, an increase in the infection rate of mosquito-borne flaviviruses may be able to induce cytopathic effects in vertebrate cells during co-infection with other human pathogens. However, little is known whether ISFVs persist in most regions of China.

Methods

During the mosquito activity season in 2016, a surveillance program was carried out to detect ISFVs in mosquitoes in metropolitan Shanghai,

SUBMITTER: Fang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6052644 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature