Characterization of Ebinur Lake Virus and Its Human Seroprevalence at the China-Kazakhstan Border.

ABSTRACT: In recent years, rapidly increasing trade and travel across the China-Kazakhstan border has increased the potential risk of the introduction and exportation of vectors and their related diseases. The Ebinur Lake Nature Reserve is located in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, near the China-Kazakhstan border, with a suitable ecosystem for mosquito breeding. In our previous work, a novel Orthobunyavirus species named Ebinur Lake virus (EBIV) was isolated in the reserve. To gain insights into the potential risk of EBIV in this region, we conducted a study that aimed to clearly outline EBIV's biological characteristics and its human seroprevalence in this region. Phylogenetically, the analysis of all three segments of EBIV demonstrated that it belongs to the genus Orthobunyavirus, which is clus

SUBMITTER: Xia H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7002386 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature