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Molecular detection and genotyping of Japanese encephalitis virus in mosquitoes during a 2010 outbreak in the Republic of Korea.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Seo Hyun-Ji, Kim Heung Chul, Klein Terry A, Ramey Andrew M, Lee Ji-Hye, Kyung Soon-Goo, Park Jee-Yong, Cho Yun Sang, Cho In-Soo, Yeh Jung-Yong
Abstract excerpt
Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV), a mosquito-borne zoonotic pathogen, is one of the major causes of viral encephalitis. To reduce the impact of Japanese encephalitis among children in the Republic of Korea (ROK), the government established a mandatory vaccination program in 1967. Through the efforts of this program only 0-7 (mean 2.1) cases of Japanese encephalitis were reported annually in the ROK during the...
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