Getah virus: An increasing threat in China

Several recent studies in this journal have highlighted the threat posed by mosquito-borne viruses in China, such as Zika virus and dengue virus.1-3 Getah virus (GETV) is also a mosquito-borne virus that is classified in the Alphavirus genus of the Togaviridae family. The genome of GETV is linear, positive-sense ssRNA, encoding a total of nine viral proteins (nsP1-nsP4, E1-E3, C, and 6K). GETV was first isolated from Culex mosquitoes collected in Malaysia in 1955 and has since been found in mosquitoes in Asian countries surrounded by the Pacific Ocean (China, Japan, South Korea, Mongolia, Russia, and India) based on viral isolation and/or molecular epidemiological investigations.
Source: Journal of Infection - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research