Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Japanese Encephalitis Virus Genotype Replacement, Taiwan, 2009–2010

Yi-Ying Chen¹, Yi-Chin Fan¹, Wu-Chun Tu¹, Rey-Yi Chang, Chen-Chang Shih, In-Houng Lu, Maw-Shien Chien, Wei-Cheng Lee, Ter-Hsin Chen, Gwong-Jen Chang, and Shyan-Song Chiou

Author affiliations: National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan (Y.-Y. Chen, Y.-C. Fan, W.-C. Tu, M.-S. Chien, W.-C. Lee, T.-H. Chen, S.-S. Chiou); National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan (R.-Y. Chang, I.-H. Lu); Mennonite Christian Hospital, Hualien (C.-C. Shih); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA (G.-J. Chang)

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Location of pig farms from which mosquitoes were collected for phylogenetic analysis of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) isolates, Taiwan, 2009–2010. Black stars indicate location of pig farms. Blue triangles indicate locations at which genotype I JEV was first detected by the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (9). CH, Changhua County; CY, Chiayi County; HL, Hualien County; TC, Taichung County; TN, Tainan County; TPC, Taipei City; YL, Yulin County.

Figure. Location of pig farms from which mosquitoes were collected for phylogenetic analysis of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) isolates, Taiwan, 2009–2010. Black stars indicate location of pig farms. Blue triangles indicate locations at which genotype I JEV was first detected by the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (9). CH, Changhua County; CY, Chiayi County; HL, Hualien County; TC, Taichung County; TN, Tainan County; TPC, Taipei City; YL, Yulin County.

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¹These authors contributed equally to this article.

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