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Molecular epidemiology of Japanese encephalitis in northern Vietnam, 1964-2011: genotype replacement.
Virology journal - 1 Apr 2015
Do Loan Phuong, Bui Trang Minh, Hasebe Futoshi, Morita Kouichi, Phan Nga Thi
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is an arthropod-borne virus causing serious public health issues in Asia. JEV consists of five genotypes and recent studies have shown the emergence of JEV genotype I (GI) and its replacement of genotype III (GIII). Using an archival JEV collection, we investigated the molecular evolution of JEV in Vietnam over the last 48 years (1964-2012) in humans, mosquitoes, and...
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