Isolation and genetic characteristics of human genotype 1 Japanese encephalitis virus, China, 2009.

BACKGROUND: Several studies have shown that the predominant genotype of Chinese Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is evolving from genotype 3 to genotype 1. However, in recent years, almost all genotype 1 isolates were from mosquitoes, and genotype 1 has been less associated with human disease than...

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Main Authors: Jiu-Song Zhang, Qiu-Min Zhao, Xiao-Fang Guo, Shu-Qing Zuo, Jing-Xia Cheng, Na Jia, Chao Wu, Pei-Fang Dai, Jun-Ying Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3026811?pdf=render