Isolation of an influenza C virus introduced into Japan by a traveler from Malaysia.
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.
Matsuzaki
Yoko
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Department of Bacteriology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Iida-Nishi, Yamagata 990-9585, Japan. matuzaki@med.id.yamagata-u.ac.jp
Sato
Katsuhiko
K
Sugawara
Kanetsu
K
Takashita
Emi
E
Muraki
Yasushi
Y
Morishita
Takayuki
T
Kumagai
Norimichi
N
Suzuki
Sousuke
S
Hongo
Seiji
S
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
D004279:DNA, Viral; D014764:Viral Proteins