Detection of Japanese encephalitis virus in Culex tritaeniorhynchus following the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake, Japan
Kota Mochizuki, Yosaburo Oikawa, Manabu Murakami · 2026
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Description
Kota Mochizuki, Yosaburo Oikawa, and Manabu Murakami check whether a major earthquake changed the spread of Japanese encephalitis virus in local mosquitoes. The virus passes to people through a rice-field mosquito, and the January 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake reshaped the land and water where the insects breed. The team compared mosquitoes caught before and after the quake around the damaged area, and sequenced any virus they found.
The virus turned up only in post-quake samples, though the numbers were too small for firm statistics. All the samples belonged to one viral type, but family-tree analysis suggests they descend from several separate arrivals in the past. The authors urge careful watching as rebuilding continues to alter the insects' habitat.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Kota Mochizuki, Yosaburo Oikawa, Manabu Murakami |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 30 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |