West Nile virus documented in Indonesia from acute febrile illness specimens

Khin Saw Aye Myint; Herman Kosasih; I Made Artika; Aditya Perkasa; Mita Puspita; Chairin Nisa Ma'roef; Ungke Antonjaya; Jeremy P Ledermann; Ann M Powers; Bachti Alisjahbana

doi:10.4269/ajtmh.13-0445

West Nile virus documented in Indonesia from acute febrile illness specimens

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2014 Feb;90(2):260-2. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0445. Epub 2014 Jan 13.

Authors

Khin Saw Aye Myint¹, Herman Kosasih, I Made Artika, Aditya Perkasa, Mita Puspita, Chairin Nisa Ma'roef, Ungke Antonjaya, Jeremy P Ledermann, Ann M Powers, Bachti Alisjahbana

Affiliation

¹ Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology, Jakarta, Indonesia; Eijkman-Oxford Clinical Research Unit, Jakarta, Indonesia; Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado; Bogor Agricultural University, Darmaga Campus, Bogor 16680, Indonesia.

Abstract

We report the presence of West Nile virus in a cryopreserved, dengue-negative serum specimen collected from an acute fever case on Java in 2004-2005. The strain belongs to genotype lineage 2, which has recently been implicated in human outbreaks in Europe.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Animals
Chlorocebus aethiops
Dengue
Disease Outbreaks*
Europe / epidemiology
Humans
Indonesia / epidemiology
Specimen Handling
Vero Cells
West Nile Fever / epidemiology*
West Nile virus / isolation & purification*