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Japanese Encephalitis Viruses from Bats in Yunnan, China |
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| Authors: | Jing-Lin Wang Xiao-Ling Pan Hai-Lin Zhang Shi-Hong Fu Huan-Yu Wang Qing Tang Lin-Fa Wang Guo-Dong Liang |
| Affiliation: | Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People’s Republic of China (J.-L. Wang, X.-L. Pan, S.-H. Fu, H-Y. Wang, Q. Tang, G.-D. Liang);Yunnan Institute of Endemic Disease Control and Prevention, Dali City, People’s Republic of China (J.-L. Wang, H.-L. Zhang);Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia (L.-F. Wang);1.These authors contributed equally to this article. |
| Abstract: | Genome sequencing and virulence studies of 2 Japanese encephalitis viruses (JEVs) from bats in Yunnan, China, showed a close relationship with JEVs isolated from mosquitoes and humans in the same region over 2 decades. These results indicate that bats may play a role in human Japanese encephalitis outbreaks in this region. |
| Keywords: | Japanese encephalitis bats epidemiology phylogeny China viruses zoonoses dispatch |