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Genetic diversity and reassortments among Akabane virus field isolates.
Virus research - 1 Dec 2007
Kobayashi Takahiko, Yanase Tohru, Yamakawa Makoto, Kato Tomoko, Yoshida Kazuo, Tsuda Tomoyuki
Abstract excerpt
Sequencing and phylogenetic analysis were carried out for 35 Akabane virus (AKAV) field isolates collected from Japan, Taiwan, Australia and Kenya, and for one Tinaroo virus (TINV). Of the three RNA segments, the M RNA segment encoding the glycoproteins that induce neutralization antibodies was the most variable among the isolates. The difference in the M RNA segments among Asian (Japanese and Taiwanese) isolates...
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