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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2005, p. 993-995, Vol. 43, No. 2
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.2.993-995.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Isolation of an Influenza C Virus Introduced into Japan by a Traveler from Malaysia

Yoko Matsuzaki,1* Katsuhiko Sato,2 Kanetsu Sugawara,1 Emi Takashita,1 Yasushi Muraki,1 Takayuki Morishita,2 Norimichi Kumagai,3 Sousuke Suzuki,3,{dagger} and Seiji Hongo1

Department of Bacteriology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Iida-Nishi, Yamagata,1 Department of Microbiology, Aichi Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Nagoya,2 Nagoya International Airport Quarantine Office, Aichi, Japan3

Received 24 June 2004/ Returned for modification 23 September 2004/ Accepted 29 September 2004

An influenza C virus was isolated from a Japanese traveler who had visited Malaysia in April 1999. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that the genome composition of this virus was distinct from that of any other strain isolated in Japan. The possibility that a genetically unique influenza C virus was introduced into Japan by a traveler is shown.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Bacteriology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Iida-Nishi, Yamagata 990-9585, Japan. Phone: 81-23-628-5249. Fax: 81-23-628-5250. E-mail: matuzaki{at}med.id.yamagata-u.ac.jp.

{dagger} Present address: Center for Imported Foods and Infectious Diseases, Kobe Quarantine Station, Kobe 652-0866, Japan.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2005, p. 993-995, Vol. 43, No. 2
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.2.993-995.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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