Isolation of strains of Negishi virus in Khabarovsk Territory

: Two virus strains isolated from Aedes vexans nipponi and Aedes vexans vexans in 1976 and 1978, respectively, in Khabarovsk Territory were identified as Negishi virus. Among 176 human sera, 22.7% were found to contain complement-fixing antibodies to Negishi virus soluble antigen.