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Transition of Akabane virus genogroups and its association with changes in the nature of disease in Japan.
Transboundary and emerging diseases - 1 Apr 2018
Yanase T, Kato T, Hayama Y, Akiyama M, Itoh N, Horiuchi S, Hirashima Y, Shirafuji H, Yamakawa M, Tanaka S, Tsutsui T
Abstract excerpt
Akabane virus (AKAV) is teratogenic to the foetus of domestic ruminants and causes a significant reproduction loss in cattle in Japan. In several past epizootics in cattle, AKAV was also associated with post-natal encephalomyelitis, mainly in calves and young stock. Previously analysed AKAV isolates in East Asia form two major clusters, genogroups I and II, with isolates involved in encephalomyelitis belonging...
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