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Infection of Feral Phenotype Swine with Japanese Encephalitis Virus.
Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Dec 2023
Park So Lee, Huang Yan-Jang S, Lyons Amy C, Ayers Victoria B, Hettenbach Susan M, McVey D Scott, Noronha Leela E, Burton Kenneth R, Higgs Stephen, Vanlandingham Dana L
Abstract excerpt
Background: Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is a mosquito-borne zoonotic flavivirus and the leading cause of pediatric encephalitis in the Asian Pacific region. The transmission cycle primarily involves Culex spp. mosquitoes and Ardeid birds, with domestic pigs (Sus scrofa domestica) being the source of infectious viruses for the spillover of JEV from the natural endemic transmission cycle into the human...
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