The emergence in Japan of Sathuperi virus, a tropical Simbu serogroup virus of the genus Orthobunyavirus.
In 1999, two viruses were isolated from blood samples of sentinel cattle in the Western part of Japan. The physiochemical and morphological properties of these viruses indicated that they belonged to the family Bunyaviridae. Sequence analysis of the S segment indicates that the two viruses are closely related to Sathuperi virus (SATV). The N-terminal 168 amino acid of the G2 protein of the M segment was highly homologous with that of SATV (98.2%). Given these results, we conclude that the newly isolated viruses are closest to SATV, which was initially isolated in India and Nigeria over 30 years ago.
Yanase
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Kyushu Research Station, National Institute of Animal Health, Chuzan, Kagoshima, Japan. tyanase@affrc.go.jp
Fukutomi
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Yoshida
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Kato
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Ohashi
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Yamakawa
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Tsuda
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D007564:Japan; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017423:Sequence Analysis, RNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012703:Serotyping; D012840:Simbu virus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics
D012367:RNA, Viral; D014764:Viral Proteins