Isolates of Liao ning virus from wild-caught mosquitoes in the Xinjiang province of China in 2005.

Liao ning virus (LNV) is related to Banna virus, a known human-pathogen present in south-east Asia. Both viruses belong to the genus Seadornavirus, family Reoviridae. LNV causes lethal haemorrhage in experimentally infected mice. Twenty seven isolates of LNV were made from mosquitoes collected in di...

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Main Authors: Xinjun Lv, Fauziah Mohd Jaafar, Xiaohong Sun, Mourad Belhouchet, Shihong Fu, Song Zhang, Su-xiang Tong, Zhi Lv, Peter P C Mertens, Guodong Liang, Houssam Attoui
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3359322?pdf=render