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Comparison of Neutralizing Antibody Titers against Japanese Encephalitis Virus Genotype V Strain with Those against Genotype I and III Strains in the Sera of Japanese Encephalitis Patients in Japan in 2016.
Japanese journal of infectious diseases - 21 Sept 2018
Maeki Takahiro, Tajima Shigeru, Kyaw Aung Kyaw, Matsumoto Fumiaki, Miura Kana, Yamashita Ayaka, Yoshikawa Akira, Negishi Kodai, Noguchi Yuji, Tadokoro Koh, Abe Koji, Taruya Junko, Koh Jinsoo, Ito Hidefumi, Ikegaya Asaka, Abe Fuyuki, Wada Mieko, Nishigata Tsuyoshi, Ikeda Makiko, Kato Fumihiro, Taniguchi Satoshi, Nakayama Eri, Takasaki Tomohiko, Morita Kouichi, Lim Chang-Kweng, Saijo Masayuki
Abstract excerpt
Japanese encephalitis (JE) is an acute viral disease caused by the Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV). JEV strains are classified into 5 genotypes (I-V). JEV genotype V strains have never been detected in Japan to date, but they were recently detected in South Korea. In the present analysis, we tried to determine if a JEV genotype V strain caused any JE case in Japan in 2016. Serum and cerebrospinal fluid samples...
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