Publications

comparison of four methods using throat swabs to confirm rubella virus infection.	laboratory tests are essential for confirming sporadic cases and outbreaks of rubella. detection of rubella virus is often necessary to confirm rubella cases and to identify specimens to be used to characterize wild-type rubella viruses. the sensitivities of four methods for detecting rubella virus infection using throat swabs, which had been collected in henan and anhui provinces in china, were evaluated. the methods used were reverse transcription (rt)-pcr followed by southern hybridization us ...	2007	17596370
mosquitoes and mosquito-borne arboviruses in the qinghai-tibet plateau--focused on the qinghai area, china.	an investigation was conducted to identify the distribution of mosquitoes and mosquito-borne arboviruses in the qinghai-tibet plateau, china from july to august in 2007. a total of 8,147 mosquitoes representing six species from three genera (aedes, culex, and anopheles) were collected in three locations (geermu city, altitude of 2,780 m; xining city, 2,200 m; minhe county, 1,700 m). six virus isolates were obtained including tahyna virus (tahv), liaoning virus, and culex pipiens pallens densovir ...	2010	20348523
the neglected arboviral infections in mainland china.	the major arboviral diseases in mainland china include japanese encephalitis, dengue fever, crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever (also known as xinjiang hemorrhagic fever), and tick-borne encephalitis. these and other newly found arbovirus infections due to banna virus and tahyna virus contribute to a large and relatively neglected disease burden in china. here we briefly review the literature regarding these arboviral infections in mainland china with emphasis on their epidemiology, primary vectors, ...	2010	20436960
newly recognized mosquito-associated viruses in mainland china, in the last two decades.	there are four principal arboviruses in mainland china. two kinds of them are mosquito-borne viruses, namely japanese encephalitis virus and dengue virus, which lead to japanese encephalitis, and dengue fever/dengue hemorrhagic fever respectively; the other two are tick-borne viruses, namely tick-borne encephalitis virus and crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever virus (also known as xinjiang hemorrhagic fever virus), which contribute to tick-borne encephalitis and xinjiang hemorrhagic fever respective ...	2011	21314994
mosquitoes of western yunnan province, china: seasonal abundance, diversity, and arbovirus associations.	the western borderland between yunnan province, china, and myanmar is characterized by a climate that facilitates year-round production of mosquitoes. numerous mosquito-transmitted viruses, including japanese encephalitis virus circulate in this area. this project was to describe seasonal patterns in mosquito species abundance and arbovirus activity in the mosquito populations.	2013	24146951
isolation and full-length genome analysis of mosquito-borne manzanilla virus from yunnan province, china.	there have been four strains on manzanilla virus (manv) identified to date. here, we identify a novel manv strain (dhl10m107) isolated from culex tritaeniorhynchus giles mosquitoes from ruili city, dehong prefecture, yunnan province, in the people's republic of china.	2015	26100251