TY - JOUR AU - Yan, Yi AU - Zheng, Rongjiong AU - Liu, Haizhou AU - Wu, Zhiyong AU - Hao, Mengchan AU - Ma, Li AU - Wang, Liying AU - Gao, Jie AU - Yang, Yining AU - Liu, Di AU - Lu, Xiaobo T1 - Identifying Japanese Encephalitis Virus Using Metatranscriptomic Sequencing, Xinjiang, China T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2022 VL - 28 IS - 6 SP - 1298 SN - 1080-6059 AB - The treat of infectious disease epidemics has increased the critical need for continuous broad-ranging surveillance of pathogens with outbreak potential. Using metatranscriptomic sequencing of blood samples, we identified several cases of Japanese encephalitis virus infection from Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. This discovery highlights the risk for known viral diseases even in nonendemic areas. KW - Japanese encephalitis virus KW - meningitis/encephalitis KW - metatranscriptomic sequencing KW - arboviruses KW - viruses KW - vector-borne infections KW - China DO - 10.3201/eid2806.210616 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28/6/21-0616_article ER - End of Reference