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Isolation and characterization of a new mosquito flavivirus, Quang Binh virus, from Vietnam

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In recent years, a number of flaviviruses that replicate only in an arthropod host have been discovered and characterized. We describe here the isolation and characterization of a new mosquito-only flavivirus in this group. The virus was isolated from Culex tritaeniorhyncus mosquitoes collected in Vietnam in 2002 and was found to be genetically different from mosquito flaviviruses described previously. We propose the isolate be named Quang Binh virus.

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  1. Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Department of Health and Human Services, 3150 Rampart Road, Fort Collins, CO, 80521, USA

    Mary B. Crabtree & Barry R. Miller

  2. National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam

    Phan T. Nga

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Crabtree, M.B., Nga, P.T. & Miller, B.R. Isolation and characterization of a new mosquito flavivirus, Quang Binh virus, from Vietnam. Arch Virol 154, 857–860 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-009-0373-1

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