Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jan 2020)

Distribution of Japanese Encephalitis Virus, Japan and Southeast Asia, 2016–2018

  • Ryusei Kuwata,
  • Shun Torii,
  • Hiroshi Shimoda,
  • Supriyono Supriyono,
  • Thanmaporn Phichitraslip,
  • Noppadol Prasertsincharoen,
  • Hitoshi Takemae,
  • Reu Caesar James Taga Bautista,
  • Valeen Drex Bendette Mendio Ebora,
  • Jose Alexander Cabiling Abella,
  • Alan Payot Dargantes,
  • Upik Kesumawati Hadi,
  • Agus Setiyono,
  • Emmanuel Tugbang Baltazar,
  • Luzviminda Tadeja Simborio,
  • Srihadi Agungpriyono,
  • Sathaporn Jittapalapong,
  • Worawut Rerkamnuaychoke,
  • Eiichi Hondo,
  • Ken Maeda

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2601.190235
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 26, no. 1
pp. 125 – 128

Abstract

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During 2016–2018, we conducted surveillance for Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) in mosquitoes and pigs in Japan, Thailand, the Philippines, and Indonesia. Phylogenetic analyses demonstrated that our isolates (genotypes Ia, Ib, III, IV) were related to JEV isolates obtained from the same regions many years ago. Indigenous JEV strains persist in Asia.

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