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Molecular epidemiological analyses of Japanese encephalitis virus isolates from swine in Japan from 2002 to 2004
13 Sept 2007
Abstract excerpt
To characterize Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) strains recently prevalent in Japan, JEV surveillance was performed in pigs from 2002 to 2004. Eleven new JEV isolates were obtained and compared with previous isolates from Japan and other Asian countries. All of the isolates were classified into genotype 1 by nucleotide sequence analysis of the E gene. Two new isolates with different levels of neurovirulence and...
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