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Volume 17, Number 12—December 2011
Dispatch

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 ChiouComments to Author 
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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Figure A1

Phylogenetic analysis of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) isolates from Taiwan, 2009–2010. The phylogenetic tree construction was based on full-length envelope protein sequences by using the neighbor-joining method. JEV isolates obtained in this study are indicated in red, and isolates obtained by the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control are indicated in blue (9). Bootstrap values >700 are shown (1,000 replicates). Scale bar represents nucleotide substitutions per site.

Figure A1. Phylogenetic analysis of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) isolates from Taiwan, 2009–2010. The phylogenetic tree construction was based on full-length envelope protein sequences by using the neighbor-joining method. JEV isolates obtained in this study are indicated in red, and isolates obtained by the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control are indicated in blue (9). Bootstrap values >700 are shown (1,000 replicates). Scale bar represents nucleotide substitutions per site.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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