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Genetic and Phenotypic Characterization of a Rabies Virus Strain Isolated from a Dog in Tokyo, Japan in the 1940s.
Viruses - 20 Aug 2020
Takahashi Tatsuki, Inukai Maho, Sasaki Michihito, Potratz Madlin, Jarusombuti Supasiri, Fujii Yuji, Nishiyama Shoko, Finke Stefan, Yamada Kentaro, Sakai Hiroki, Sawa Hirofumi, Nishizono Akira, Sugiyama Makoto, Ito Naoto
Abstract excerpt
The rabies virus strain Komatsugawa (Koma), which was isolated from a dog in Tokyo in the 1940s before eradication of rabies in Japan in 1957, is known as the only existent Japanese field strain (street strain). Although this strain potentially provides a useful model to study rabies pathogenesis, little is known about its genetic and phenotypic properties. Notably, this strain underwent serial passages in...
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