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http://dx.doi.org/10.5656/KSAE.2019.02.0.011

Mosquito Prevalence and Flavivirus Infection Rates in Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea  

Chung, Se-Jin (Gangwon Institute of Health and Environment)
Ko, Seuk-Hyun (Gangwon Institute of Health and Environment)
Ko, Eun-Mi (Gangwon Institute of Health and Environment)
Lim, Eun-Joo (Gangwon Institute of Health and Environment)
Kim, Young-Su (Gangwon Institute of Health and Environment)
Lee, Wook-Gyo (Division of Vectors and Parasitic Diseases, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Lee, Dong-Kyu (Department of Health and Environment, Kosin University)
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Korean journal of applied entomology / v.58, no.2, 2019 , pp. 89-99 More about this Journal
Abstract
In total, 654,362 adult mosquitoes were captured using black light traps in Gangwon-do Province of the Republic of Korea from 2012 to 2017. The collected mosquitoes were identified to the species level, placed in pools of up to 50 mosquitoes each, by species and date of collection, and screened for flaviviruses using a reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction assay. A total of 276,224 adult mosquitoes were grouped in 7,721 pools for virus testing, and 68 flavivirus positive pools (0.9%) were detected. Flavivirus-positive products were confirmed by DNA sequencing. Japanese encephalitis viruses were detected in single pools collected from Chuncheon (2012, 2017: Culex pipiens, 2,728 and 1,111 mosquitoes, respectively), Hoengseong (2013: Culex orientalis, 19), and Gangneung (2017: C. pipiens, 724). All the Japanese encephalitis viruses detected were revealed as genotype V. Chaoyang viruses were detected in 63 pools of 5,055 Aedes vexans nipponii and a single pool of 585 C. pipiens collected in Gangwon-do Province from 2012 to 2017. Chuncheon was the region with the highest minimum infection rates (MIR, 0.32) and maximum likehood estimate (MLE, 0.33; confidence interval (CI) 95%, 0.23-0.46) of A. vexans nipponii for Chaoyang virus, followed by Hoengseong (MIR 0.30, MLE 0.30, CI 0.16-0.52) and Gangneung (MIR 0.21, MLE 0.21, CI 0.13-0.31). Monthly MIR and MLE values of A. vexans nipponii for Chaoyang virus were the highest in October (MIR 0.38, MLE 0.38, CI 0.07-1.25).
Keywords
Chaoyang virus; Gangwon-do; Minimum infection rates (MIR); Maximum likehood estimate (MLE); Mosquito flavivirus;
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