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Volume 30, Number 12—December 2024
Dispatch

Transboundary Movement of Yezo Virus via Ticks on Migratory Birds, Japan, 2020–2021

Ayano Nishino, Kango Tatemoto, Keita Ishijima, Yusuke Inoue, Eun-sil Park, Tsukasa Yamamoto, Masakatsu Taira, Yudai Kuroda, Milagros Virhuez-Mendoza, Michiko Harada, Noboru Nakamura, Gen Morimoto, Hiroki Yamaguchi, Takuma Ariizumi, Ai Takano, Hiroshi Shimoda, Keita Matsuno, and Ken MaedaComments to Author 
Author affiliation: National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan (A. Nishino, K. Tatemoto, K. Ishijima, Y. Inoue, E. Park, T. Yamamoto, M. Taira, Y. Kuroda, M. Virhuez-Mendoza, M. Harada, K. Maeda); Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan (A. Nishino, T. Yamamoto, M. Harada, A. Takano, H. Shimoda, K. Maeda); Yamashina Institute for Ornithology, Chiba, Japan (N. Nakamura, G. Morimoto); Hokkaido Institute of Public Health, Hokkaido, Japan (H. Yamaguchi); Hokkaido University, Hokkaido (T. Ariizumi, K. Matsuno)

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Table 2

Genomic sequences in an investigation of transboundary movement of Yezo virus via ticks on migratory birds, Japan, 2020–2021*

Virus strain Tick stage No. ticks in pool Collection site Collection date Segment Accession nos.†
YEZV/tick/BT-1821/Japan/2020
 Nymph
 5
 Lake Kutcharo, Hamatonbetsu
 2020 Oct 6–7
 L LC735725
M LC735726
S
 LC735727
YEZV/tick/BT-1822/Japan/2020
 Nymph
 5
 Lake Kutcharo, Hamatonbetsu
 2020 Oct 6–7
 S
 LC737964, partial sequence
YEZV/tick/BT-1826/Japan/2020
 Nymph
 5
 Lake Kutcharo, Hamatonbetsu
 2020 Oct 7
 L LC735728
M LC735729
S
 LC735730
YEZV/tick/BT-1844/Japan/2020
 Larva
 10
 Lake Furen, Nemuro
 2020 Oct 8
 L LC735731
M LC735732
S
 LC735733
YEZV/tick/BT-1864/Japan/2020
 Larva
 10
 Lake Furen, Nemuro
 2020 Oct 8
 L LC735734
M LC735735
S
 LC735736
YEZV/tick/BT-1968/Japan/2020
 Larva
 10
 Lake Furen, Nemuro
 2020 Oct 11
 L LC790674
M LC790675
S
 LC790676
YEZV/tick/BT-2135/Japan/2021
 Nymph
 5
 Lake Furen, Nemuro
 2021 Oct 13
 L LC790677
M LC790678
S
 LC790679
YEZV/tick/BT-2155/Japan/2021 Nymph 5 Lake Furen, Nemuro 2021 Oct 13 L LC790680
M LC790681
S LC790682

*All ticks collected were Ixodes persulcatus and all birds collected were black-faced buntings (Emberiza spodocephala). L, large segment; M, medium segment; S, small segment. †DNA Data Bank of Japan (https://www.ddbj.nig.ac.jp) accession numbers.

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