[isolation of a tahyna-like virus (bunyaviridae, bunyavirus, california encephalitis complex) on northern sakhalin island]. | the strain leiv-11483 sak of tahyna virus or a virus closely related to it antigenically was isolated from aedes spp. mosquitoes (predominantly a. communis) collected august 25, 1985, in the light coniferous subzone of the mid-taiga landscape zone in the north of sakhalin island (54 degrees n, 142 degrees e). altogether, 17.8 thousand mosquitoes were examined which were collected in june-august, 1985, in the light and dark coniferous subzones of mid-taiga. in the human population, virus-neutrali ... | 1987 | 2893491 |