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VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES
卷 16, 期 3, 页码 181-190出版社
MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2015.1889
关键词
Genomic analysis; Insect viruses; Mosquito-only flavivirus; Phylogenetic analysis; Culiseta melanura; Flavivirus
资金
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [U50/CCU116806-01-1]
- US Department of Agriculture Hatch Funds [CONH00773]
- Multistate Research Project [NE1043]
- National Institutes of Health [AI067380]
The genus Flavivirus includes a number of newly recognized viruses that infect and replicate only within mosquitoes. To determine whether insect-specific flaviviruses (ISFs) may infect Culiseta (Cs.) melanura mosquitoes, we screened pools of field-collected mosquitoes for virus infection by RT-PCR targeting conserved regions of the NS5 gene. NS5 nucleotide sequences amplified from Cs. melanura pools were genetically similar to other ISFs and most closely matched Calbertado virus from Culex tarsalis, sharing 68.7% nucleotide and 76.1% amino acid sequence identity. The complete genome of one virus isolate was sequenced to reveal a primary open reading frame (ORF) encoding a viral polyprotein characteristic of the genus Flavivirus. Phylogenetic analysis showed that this virus represents a distinct evolutionary lineage that belongs to the classical ISF group. The virus was detected solely in Cs. melanura pools, occurred in sampled populations from Connecticut, New York, New Hampshire, and Maine, and infected both adult and larval stages of the mosquito. Maximum likelihood estimate infection rates (MLE-IR) were relatively stable in overwintering Cs. melanura larvae collected monthly from November of 2012 through May of 2013 (MLE-IR = 0.7-2.1/100 mosquitoes) and in host-seeking females collected weekly from June through October of 2013 (MLE-IR = 3.8-11.5/100 mosquitoes). Phylogenetic analysis of viral sequences revealed limited genetic variation that lacked obvious geographic structure among strains in the northeastern United States. This new virus is provisionally named Culiseta flavivirus on the basis of its host association with Cs. melanura.
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