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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 VII - Natural Host Range (Additional text can be added below table)

Vertebrate (species and organ) and arthropod	No. isolations/No. tested	No. with antibody/No. tested Test used	Country and region


In man, horses, and pigs, inapparent infection is the rule. Anitbody prevalences range up to 90-100%.

Man	numerous		Eastern Asia from Japan to, India (11)
Horses	numerous
Pigs	numerous
Wild birds-chiefly herons and egrets (7-10)	numerous
Other domestic animals		Reported anti-body prevalences are low
Wild rodents
Cx tritaeniorhynchus	3		Java (33)
Culex tritaeniorhynchus	numerous		Northeastern Asia
Culex pipiens	rare		North and, SE Asia
Culex gelidus	some		SE Asia
Culex annulus	2		Taiwan (31)
Culex fuscocephala	some		Thailand (39)
Poikilothermic hosts	poss. isol.		Korea and, Taiwan (27)
Bats:
Hipposideros a. terasensis	1		Taiwan (31)
Miniopterus s. fuliginosus	2
Culex vishnui	2		W. Bengal, India (32)
Anopheles barbirostris	1
An hyrcanus	1

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