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Molecular Epidemiology of Japanese Encephalitis Virus, Taiwan
20 Apr 2010
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To the Editor: Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is a mosquito-borne member of the family Flaviviridae and the genus Flavivirus. JEV is a major cause of viral encephalitis in Asia. Phylogenetic analysis of the envelope (E) gene sequences has shown that JEV strains can be clustered into 5 distinct genotypes (1). Among them, genotype III (GIII) has had the widest geographic distribution in countries in Asia,...
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