Volume 17, Number 5—May 2011
Letter
Japanese Encephalitis, Tibet, China
Table
Results from testing of mosquitoes, humans, and pigs for JEV, Nyingchi area, Tibet, People’s Republic of China, 2009*
Collection sites | Mosquitoes |
Humans |
Pigs |
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No. collected | Culex tritaeniorhynchus, no. (%) | No. samples | Neutralizing antibody titers against JEV >10, no. (%) | No. samples | JEV IgM antibody positive, no. (%) | |||
Mainling County | 653 | 0 | 100 | 22 (22.0) | 30 | 17 (56.7) | ||
Medog County |
3,436 |
2,442 (71.1)† |
148 |
46 (31.1) |
36 |
5 (13.9) |
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Total | 4,089 | 2,442 (59.7) | 248 | 68 (27.4) | 66 | 22 (33.3) |
*JEV, Japanese encephalitis virus; Ig, immunoglobulin.
†Pool was positive for JEV by PCR.
1These authors contributed equally to this article.
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