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Virus Name: Japanese Encephalitis

Abbreviation: JBEV

Status
Arbovirus

Select Agent
No

SALS Level
3

SALS Basis
Results of SALS surveys and information from the Catalogue.

Other Information
DOC Permit Required, USDA High Consequence Agent

Antigenic Group
B

Section IX - Experimental Arthropod Infection and Transmission

Arthropod species & virus source(a)	Method of Infection log10/ml (b)		Incubation period (c)		Transmision by bite (d)		Assay of arthropod, log10/ml (e)
	Feeding	Injected	Days	°C	Host	Ratio	Whole	Organ	System


Transovarial transmission demonstrated in Aedes albopictus, Ae togoi (44). Successfully infected adults of Culex quinquefasciatus, Cx. Jepson: (= Cx (Cux sitiens) (larvae as well) and Ae vexans; JBE transmitted to SM by bite (47).

Culex tritaeniorhynchus
Viremic pig (19)	4.7		15-29	23-25	chicken	92
Viremic chicken (19,200)	3.6-4.0		10-34	23-25	chicken	46	3.0-5.7		weanling mice ic
Culex fuscocephalus
Viremic pig (42)	3.6		17-18	28	chicken	40
Viremic chicken (43)	3.9		10-27	25-27	chicken	16
Culex gelidus
Viremic chicken (23)	4.0-4.9		6-21+	27	chicken	50
Viremic chicken (23)	5.1		21	27			6.2-6.9		weanling mice ic

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