Differential Infectivities among Different Japanese Encephalitis Virus Genotypes in Culex quinquefasciatus Mosquitoes.

• Main Authors: Yan-Jang S Huang (Author), Susan M Hettenbach (Author), So Lee Park (Author), Stephen Higgs (Author), Alan D T Barrett (Author), Wei-Wen Hsu (Author), Julie N Harbin (Author), Lee W Cohnstaedt (Author), Dana L Vanlandingham (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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During the last 20 years, the epidemiology of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) has changed significantly in its endemic regions due to the gradual displacement of the previously dominant genotype III (GIII) with clade b of GI (GI-b). Whilst there is only limited genetic difference distinguishing th...