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SUBMITTER: Kim H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4319795 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kim Hyunwoo H Cha Go-Woon GW Jeong Young Eui YE Lee Wook-Gyo WG Chang Kyu Sik KS Roh Jong Yul JY Yang Sung Chan SC Park Mi Yeoun MY Park Chan C Shin E-Hyun EH
PloS one 20150206 2
Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) causes significant viral encephalitis and is distributed throughout the Asian countries. The virus is known to be transmitted by Culex tritaeniorhynchus, which mainly breeds in rice paddies in Korea. In this study, we investigated the presence of other mosquito species that can transmit JEV as a second or regional vector. We selected five cities where patients have experienced JE in the last 5 years as mosquito-collecting locations and subdivided them into four ...[more]