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Potential Role of Birds in Japanese Encephalitis Virus Zoonotic Transmission and Genotype Shift.
Viruses - 24 Feb 2021
Hameed Muddassar, Wahaab Abdul, Nawaz Mohsin, Khan Sawar, Nazir Jawad, Liu Ke, Wei Jianchao, Ma Zhiyong
Abstract excerpt
Japanese encephalitis (JE) is a vaccine-preventable disease caused by the Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV), which is primarily prevalent in Asia. JEV is a Flavivirus, classified into a single serotype with five genetically distinct genotypes (I, II, III, IV, and V). JEV genotype III (GIII) had been the most dominant strain and caused numerous outbreaks in the JEV endemic countries until 1990. However, recent...
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