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The isolation of Coxsackie A viruses from human sera and mosquitoes in Fiji

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

T. Maguire  and
F. N. Macnamara
T. Maguire
Affiliation:
Virus Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Dunedin
F. N. Macnamara
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, University of Otago, Dunedin
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1. Coxsackie A6 virus was isolated in January 1963 from the circulating blood of four children in Suva, Fiji, suffering from fever, lymphadenitis and pharyngitis.

2. Nine strains of the same agent were isolated from Aedes (Stegomyia) poly-nesiensis mosquitoes caught over a period of 2 weeks near or in a village situated among mangrove swamps at the mouth of the Rewa river, in January 1963.

3. No virus was isolated from mosquitoes caught in Suva.

4. A serological survey indicated that Coxsackie A6 infections are common and widespread in Fiji.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 64 , Issue 4 , December 1966 , pp. 451 - 456
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1966

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