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Isolation and characterization of Kabuto Mountain virus, a new tick-borne phlebovirus from Haemaphysalis flava ticks in Japan.
Virus research - 15 Jan 2018
Ejiri Hiroko, Lim Chang-Kweng, Isawa Haruhiko, Yamaguchi Yukie, Fujita Ryosuke, Takayama-Ito Mutsuyo, Kuwata Ryusei, Kobayashi Daisuke, Horiya Madoka, Posadas-Herrera Guillermo, Iizuka-Shiota Itoe, Kakiuchi Satsuki, Katayama Yukie, Hayashi Toshihiko, Sasaki Toshinori, Kobayashi Mutsuo, Morikawa Shigeru, Maeda Ken, Mizutani Tetsuya, Kaku Koki, Saijo Masayuki, Sawabe Kyoko
Abstract excerpt
In Japan, indigenous tick-borne phleboviruses (TBPVs) and their associated diseases first became evident in 2013 by reported human cases of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS). In this study, we report a novel member of the genus Phlebovirus designated as Kabuto Mountain virus (KAMV), which was isolated from the ixodid tick Haemaphysalis flava in Hyogo, Japan. A complete viral genome sequencing and...
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