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Euro Surveill. Japanese encephalitis virus RNA detected in Culex pipiens mosquitoes in Italy
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P Ravanini (
)<SUP>1</SUP>, E Huhtamo<SUP>2</SUP>, V Ilaria<SUP>1</SUP>, M G Crobu<SUP>1</SUP>, A M Nicosia<SUP>1</SUP>, L Servino<SUP>1</SUP>, F Rivasi<SUP>3</SUP>, S Allegrini<SUP>4</SUP>, U Miglio<SUP>4</SUP>, A Magri<SUP>5</SUP>, R Minisini<SUP>5</SUP>, O Vapalahti<SUP>2</SUP>, R Boldorini<SUP>4</SUP>
Citation style for this article: Ravanini P, Huhtamo E, Ilaria V, Crobu MG, Nicosia AM, Servino L, Rivasi F, Allegrini S, Miglio U, Magri A, Minisini R, Vapalahti O, Boldorini R. Japanese encephalitis virus RNA detected in Culex pipiens mosquitoes in Italy. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(28):pii=20221. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/View...rticleId=20221
Date of submission: 04 July 2012 <HR>Mosquitoes collected in northern Italy were screened for flavivirus RNA. Positive amplicons were sequenced and found most similar to insect flavivirus (ISF), Usutu virus (USUV) and surprisingly also to Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV). The sequence (167 bp), obtained from one pool of Culex pipiens, was found identical to JEV strains from bats in China. Unfortunately additional sequence data or virus isolations were not obtained in this study. Confirmation of potential introduction of JEV to Italy and other European countries is urgently needed.
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 17, Issue 28, 12 July 2012
Rapid communications
Japanese encephalitis virus RNA detected in Culex pipiens mosquitoes in Italy
Rapid communications
Japanese encephalitis virus RNA detected in Culex pipiens mosquitoes in Italy
P Ravanini (
- Laboratory of Molecular Virology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Maggiore della Carit?, Novara, Italy
- Infection Biology Research Programme, Department of Virology, Haartman Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Diagnostics, Laboratory Service and Forensic Medicine, Section of Pathological Anatomy, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
- Department of Pathological Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University Amedeo Avogadro del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy
- Department of Translational Medicine, University of Eastern Piedmont ?Amedeo Avogadro?, Novara, Italy
Citation style for this article: Ravanini P, Huhtamo E, Ilaria V, Crobu MG, Nicosia AM, Servino L, Rivasi F, Allegrini S, Miglio U, Magri A, Minisini R, Vapalahti O, Boldorini R. Japanese encephalitis virus RNA detected in Culex pipiens mosquitoes in Italy. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(28):pii=20221. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/View...rticleId=20221
Date of submission: 04 July 2012 <HR>Mosquitoes collected in northern Italy were screened for flavivirus RNA. Positive amplicons were sequenced and found most similar to insect flavivirus (ISF), Usutu virus (USUV) and surprisingly also to Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV). The sequence (167 bp), obtained from one pool of Culex pipiens, was found identical to JEV strains from bats in China. Unfortunately additional sequence data or virus isolations were not obtained in this study. Confirmation of potential introduction of JEV to Italy and other European countries is urgently needed.