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Isolation and Complete Genome Sequencing of Zika Virus Imported from the Dominican Republic to Japan.
Japanese journal of infectious diseases - 23 Jan 2018
Ozawa Hiroki, Tajima Shigeru, Nakayama Eri, Kato Kengo, Yamashita Akifumi, Sekizuka Tsuyoshi, Kuroda Makoto, Usuku Shuzo
Abstract excerpt
Zika virus (ZIKV) infection has been documented within Central and South America, Asia, and Africa. Here we report the isolation of virus from a patient infected with ZIKV returning to Japan from the Dominican Republic. The ZIKV strain was imaged by electron microscopy and its complete genome sequence was analyzed. Phylogenetic analysis and molecular characterization revealed that the strain was of Asian lineage,...
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