Journal of
Parasitology and Vector Biology

  • Abbreviation: J. Parasitol. Vector Biol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2510
  • DOI: 10.5897/JPVB
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 204

Full Length Research Paper

Prevalence of Phasi Charoen virus in female mosquitoes

Yusuke Sayama1, 2, Yuki Eshita3, Takuya Yamao4, Miho Nishimura4, Tomomitsu Satho4, Raweewan Srisawat5, Narumon Komalamisra5, Yupha Rongsriyam5, Kouji Sakai1, Shuetsu Fukushi1, Masayuki Saijo1, Hitoshi Oshitani2, Ichiro Kurane1, Shigeru Morikawa1 and Tetsuya Mizutani1*
1Virology 1, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Gakuen 4-7-1, Musashimurayama, Tokyo 208-0011, Japan. 2Department of Virology, Tohoku University School of Medicine. 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8575, Japan. 3Department of Infectious Disease Control, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama, Yufu-shi, Oita 879-5593, Japan. 4Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fukuoka University, 8-19-1, Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan. 5Department of Medical Entomology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, 420/6 Ratchawithi Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 21 January 2010
  •  Published: 31 January 2011

Abstract

The authors previously characterized a partial nucleic acid sequence for a novel virus, Phasi Charoen virus (PhaV), which was isolated from Aedes aegypti larvae in Thailand, and PhaV appears to belong to the family Bunyaviridae based on phylogenetic analysis of amino acid sequences. In this study, we examined whether adult female mosquitoes in Thailand are infected by PhaV, and they found that over 20% of adult female mosquitoes were infected by PhaV. These viruses were genetically similar to strains. This result suggested a high prevalence of PhaV in adult female mosquitoes.

 

Key words: PhaV, bunyavirus, female mosquito, high prevalence.

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