title: Isolation of an influenza C virus introduced into Japan by a traveler from Malaysia.
abstract: An influenza C virus was isolated from a Japanese traveler who had visited Malaysia in April 1999. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that the genome composition of this virus was distinct from that of any other strain isolated in Japan. The possibility that a genetically unique influenza C virus was introduced into Japan by a traveler is shown.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bacteriology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Iida-Nishi, Yamagata 990-9585, Japan. matuzaki@med.id.yamagata-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yoko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsuzaki
authors.forename: Katsuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Kanetsu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugawara
authors.forename: Emi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Takashita
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Muraki
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morishita
authors.forename: Norimichi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kumagai
authors.forename: Sousuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hongo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D009982:Gammainfluenzavirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008296:Malaysia; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014195:Travel; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral; D014764:Viral Proteins