Detection of Zika virus RNA in Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus larvae in Klang Valley, Peninsular Malaysia

N A Johari; S Y Toh; K Voon; P K C Lim

Detection of Zika virus RNA in Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus larvae in Klang Valley, Peninsular Malaysia

Trop Biomed. 2019 Mar 1;36(1):310-314.

Authors

N A Johari¹, S Y Toh¹, K Voon¹, P K C Lim¹

Affiliation

¹ International Medical University, No. 126, Jalan Jalil Perkasa 19, Bukit Jalil, 57000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

PMID: 33597452

Abstract

We report the presence of Zika virus RNA in naturally infected field captured Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus mosquito larvae in Malaysia from May 2016 to April 2017. Zika virus RNA was detected (n = 30) in the larvae of both Aedes mosquito species. Phylogenetic analysis of the NS5 partial sequence of all positive samples shows that the circulating Zika virus in the field collected larvae are of the Asian lineage.