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Isolation of Japanese encephalitis virus and a novel insect-specific flavivirus from mosquitoes collected in a cowshed in Japan.
Archives of virology - 1 Sept 2015
Kuwata Ryusei, Sugiyama Hiroki, Yonemitsu Kenzo, Van Dung Nguyen, Terada Yutaka, Taniguchi Masayasu, Shimoda Hiroshi, Takano Ai, Maeda Ken
Abstract excerpt
Cattle do not generally appear to develop severe viremia when infected with Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV), and they can be infected without showing clinical signs. However, two cattle in Japan recently died from JEV infection. In this study, we investigated the presence of different species of mosquitoes and flavivirus in a cowshed in the southwest region of Japan. In this cowshed, the two most common species...
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