STUDY OF VECTOR, AMPLIFIER, AND HUMAN INFECTION WITH JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS IN A RANGOON COMMUNITY

Soe Thein (Dept. of Medical Research, Dagon P. O., Rangoon, Burma), Htay Aung, and A. A. Sebastian. Study of vector, amplifier, and human infection with Japanese encephalitis virus in a Rangoon community. Am J Epidemiol 1988; 128:1376–82. A prospective serologic study was undertaken in a Rangoon com...

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Published in:American journal of epidemiology 1988-12, Vol.128 (6), p.1376-1382
Main Authors: THEIN, SOE, AUNG, HTAY, SEBASTIAN, A. A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Arboviral encephalitis
Arboviroses
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child, Preschool
Culex
Culicidae
encephalitis virus
Encephalitis, Japanese - epidemiology
Encephalitis, Japanese - transmission
Encephalitis, Japanese - veterinary
Epidemiologic Methods
Epidemiology
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human viral diseases
Humans
Infant
Infectious diseases
Insect Vectors
Japanese
Medical sciences
Microbiology
Myanmar
Prospective Studies
Seasons
Swine
Swine Diseases - epidemiology
Tropical medicine
Tropical viral diseases
Viral diseases
Virology
zoonoses
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Summary:Soe Thein (Dept. of Medical Research, Dagon P. O., Rangoon, Burma), Htay Aung, and A. A. Sebastian. Study of vector, amplifier, and human infection with Japanese encephalitis virus in a Rangoon community. Am J Epidemiol 1988; 128:1376–82. A prospective serologic study was undertaken in a Rangoon community in 1982 to quantify Japanese encephalitis virus infections in humans and in pigs. The prevalence, relative abundance, and host preference of Culex mosquitoes in the area were also determined. Japanese encephalitis virus infection was detected in 52.1% of the pigs, although concurrent human Japanese encephalitis virus infection was not detected. The known Japanese encephalitis virus vector mosquito species were prevalent in the study area. Host preference determination for the Culex species revealed that they were zoophilic and that the most frequent hosts were cows. The absence of concurrent human Japanese encephalitis virus infection in the presence of Japanese encephalitis virus infection in pigs and of vector mosquito species is discussed.
ISSN:0002-9262
1476-6256
DOI:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115090