Isolation and genetic characterization of Japanese encephalitis virus two decades after its elimination in Singapore

• Main Authors: Lim, Ming Jie, Loh, Zhi Yang, Yeo, Hui Ling, Yenamandra, Surya Pavan, Kong, Marcella, Pang, Hao Yang, Lee, Meng Han, Humaidi, Mahathir, Chua, Cliff, Griffiths, Jane, Ng, Lee Ching, Hapuarachchi, Hapuarachchige Chanditha, Mailepessov, Diyar
• Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Science::Biological sciences; Japanese Encephalitis Virus; Phylogenetic Analysis
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/169734
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is an important arbovirus in Asia that can cause serious neurological disease. JEV is transmitted by mosquitoes in an enzootic cycle involving porcine and avian reservoirs, in which humans are accidental, dead-end hosts. JEV is currently not endemic in Singapore, af...