Circulation of Japanese encephalitis virus in pigs and mosquito vectors within Can Tho city, Vietnam.

• Main Authors: Johanna F Lindahl (Author), Karl Ståhl (Author), Jan Chirico (Author), Sofia Boqvist (Author), Ho Thi Viet Thu (Author), Ulf Magnusson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is a mosquito-borne, zoonotic flavivirus causing encephalitis in humans and reproductive disorder in pigs. JEV is present in large parts of Asia, where urbanization is high. Households within and outside Can Tho city, South Vietnam, were selected to monitor circulat...