Genetic and Phenotypic Characterization of a Rabies Virus Strain Isolated from a Dog in Tokyo, Japan in the 1940s

Genetic and Phenotypic Characterization of a Rabies Virus Strain Isolated from a Dog in Tokyo, Japan in the 1940s

The rabies virus strain Komatsugawa (Koma), which was isolated from a dog in Tokyo in the 1940s before eradication of rabies in Japan in 1957, is known as the only existent Japanese field strain (street strain). Although this strain potentially provides a useful model to study rabies pathogenesis, l...

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Main Authors: Tatsuki Takahashi, Maho Inukai, Michihito Sasaki, Madlin Potratz, Supasiri Jarusombuti, Yuji Fujii, Shoko Nishiyama, Stefan Finke, Kentaro Yamada, Hiroki Sakai, Hirofumi Sawa, Akira Nishizono, Makoto Sugiyama, Naoto Ito
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-08-01
Series:Viruses
Subjects:
rabies virus
fixed virus
street virus
Komatsugawa
Arctic-related clade
pathogenesis
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/12/9/914

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