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Yata Virus (Family Rhabdoviridae, Genus Ephemerovirus) Isolation from Mosquitoes from Uganda, the First Reported Isolation since 1969

2023; Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute; Volume: 11; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3390/diseases11010021

2079-9721

Lara C. Perinet, John-Paul Mutebi, Ann M. Powers, Julius J. Lutwama, Eric C. Mossel,

Vector-Borne Animal Diseases

As a part of a systematic study of mosquitoes and associated viruses in Uganda, a virus was isolated from a pool of Mansonia uniformis collected in July 2017, in the Kitgum District of northern Uganda. Sequence analysis determined that the virus is Yata virus (YATAV; Ephemerovirus yata; family Rhabdoviridae). The only previous reported isolation of YATAV was in 1969 in Birao, Central African Republic, also from Ma. uniformis mosquitoes. The current sequence is over 99% identical at the nucleotide level to the original isolate, indicating a high level of YATAV genomic stability.