Recovery of Japanese encephalitis virus from wild caught mosquitoes in Thailand

Simasathien, P.; Rohitayodhin, S.; Nisalak, A.; Singharaj, P.; Halstead, S.B.; Russell, P.K.

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health 3(1): 52-54

1972


ISSN/ISBN: 0125-1562
PMID: 5028863
Document Number: 50787
Mosquitos were collected at Bangpra in south-eastern Thailand in 1962-68 in attempts to isolate Japanese encephalitis virus for the first time in Thailand. Most were collected in light-traps and from a trap baited with a horse; they were triturated in pools of 100-200 and injected into mice. A total of 31 strains of Japanese encephalitis virus were isolated, 18 from Culex gelidus Theo. and 13 from C. tritaeniorhynchus Giles.

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