Circulation of 2 Barmah Forest Virus Lineages in Military Training Areas, Australia.

Circulation of 2 Barmah Forest Virus Lineages in Military Training Areas, Australia.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Dec;26(12):3061-3065
Authors: Liu W, Kizu JR, Matley DR, Grant R, McCallum FJ, Moller CG, Carthew TL, Hang J, Gubala AJ, Aaskov JG
Abstract
During 2017-2018, Barmah Forest virus was recovered from mosquitoes trapped in military training areas in Australia and from a soldier infected at 1 of these areas. Phylogenies of the nucleotide sequences of the envelope glycoprotein gene E2 and the 3' untranslated region suggest that 2 lineages are circulating in eastern Australia.
PMID: 33219791 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - November 23, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Liu W, Kizu JR, Matley DR, Grant R, McCallum FJ, Moller CG, Carthew TL, Hang J, Gubala AJ, Aaskov JG Tags: Emerg Infect Dis Source Type: research