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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 75(1), 2006, pp. 21-25
Copyright © 2006 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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THE FIRST ISOLATION OF JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS FROM MOSQUITOES COLLECTED FROM MAINLAND AUSTRALIA

ANDREW F. VAN DEN HURK*, BRIAN L. MONTGOMERY, JUDITH A. NORTHILL, INA L. SMITH, PAUL ZBOROWSKI, SCOTT A. RITCHIE, JOHN S. MACKENZIE, AND GREG A. SMITH
Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Tropical Public Health Unit Network, Queensland Health, Cairns, Queensland, Australia; Public Health Virology, Queensland Health Scientific Services, Coopers Plains, Queensland, Australia; School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia; Australian Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

 

ABSTRACT

In response to an incursion of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) on Cape York Peninsula, Australia, in 2005, 23,144 Culex mosquitoes were processed for virus detection. A single isolate of JEV was obtained from a pool of Culex sitiens subgroup mosquitoes. This is the first reported mosquito isolate of JEV from the Australian mainland.

Received January 30, 2006. Accepted for publication March 13, 2006.

Acknowledgments: The authors thank the Northern Peninsula Area communities for supporting these studies. Harry Seriat and Ronald Williams were invaluable in assisting with the mosquito collections. We also thank Debra Nisbet, Nigel Beebe, and the staff of Public Health Virology, Queensland Health Scientific Services, for assisting in the processing of samples and Tony Sweeney for providing the map.

Financial support: This study was funded by the Australian Health Minister’s Advisory Council (AHMAC) Priority Driven Research Program and Queensland Health.

* Address correspondence to Andrew F. van den Hurk, Virology, Queensland Health Scientific Services, 39 Kessels Road, Coopers Plains, Queensland 4108, Australia. E-mail: andrew_hurk{at}health.qld.gov.au

Authors’ addresses: Andrew F. van den Hurk and P. Zborowski, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia, Telephone: 617-3274 9135, Fax: 617-3000 9186, E-mails: andrew_hurk{at}health.qld.gov.au and paulz{at}close-up-photolibrary.com. Brian L. Montgomery and Scott A. Ritchie, Tropical Public Health Unit Network, Queensland Health, PO Box 1103, Cairns, Queensland 4870, Australia, E-mails: brian_montgomery{at}health.qld.gov.au and scott_ritchie{at}health.qld.gov.au. Judith A. Northill, Ina L. Smith, and Greg A. Smith, Public Health Virology, Queensland Health Scientific Services, 39 Kessels Road, Coopers Plains, Queensland 4108, Australia, E-mails: judy_northill{at}health.qld.gov.au, ina_smith{at}health.qld.gov.au, and greg_smith{at}health.qld.gov.au. John S. Mackenzie, Australian Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre, Centre for International Health, Curtin University of Technology, GPO U1987, Perth, Western Australia 6845, Australia, E-mail: J.Mackenzie{at}curtin.edu.au.




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