TY - JOUR AU - Woo, Jae Hoon AU - Jeong, Young Eui AU - Jo, Jung Eun AU - Shim, Sang-Mu AU - Ryou, Jungsang AU - Kim, Kyung-Chang AU - Lee, Won Ja AU - Lee, Joo-Yeon T1 - Genetic Characterization of Japanese Encephalitis Virus Genotype 5 Isolated from Patient, South Korea, 2015 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2020 VL - 26 IS - 5 SP - 1002 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We isolated Japanese encephalitis virus genotype 5 from human specimens in South Korea. Whole-genome analysis showed 90.4% identity with other genotype 5 viruses from humans. This virus had a unique insertion in the NS4A gene. However, the envelope protein contained Lys 84, which was specific to strains of genotype 5 viruses from South Korea. KW - Japanese encephalitis virus KW - viruses KW - genotype 5 KW - genetic characterization KW - South Korea DO - 10.3201/eid2605.190977 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/5/19-0977_article ER - End of Reference