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Short report: a major genotype of Japanese encephalitis virus currently circulating in Japan.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Aug 2003
Ma Shao-Ping, Yoshida Yasuko, Makino Yoshihiro, Tadano Masayuki, Ono Tetsuro, Ogawa Masao
Abstract excerpt
A 240-nucleotide sequence of the capsid/premembrane gene region of 23 Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) strains isolated in Tokyo and Oita, Japan was determined and phylogenetic analyses were performed. All the strains clustered into two distinct genotypes (III and I). All strains isolated before 1991 belonged to genotype III, while those isolated after 1994 belonged to genotype I. In addition, the strains of the...
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