| entomological surveillance for flaviviruses at migratory bird stopover sites in hokkaido, japan, and a new insect flavivirus detected in aedes galloisi (diptera: culicidae). | to investigate the possible spread of west nile virus (wnv) into japan, we carried out entomological surveillance for flaviviruses at migratory bird stopover sites in hokkaido, japan, during 2003-2006. a total of 3,826 mosquitoes, identified as 15 species in five genera, were collected and 2,465 of these were grouped into 123 pools that were assayed for cytopathic effects on mosquito and mammalian cell cultures and for flavivirus rna by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction using flavi ... | 2012 | 22308786 |