Continuity and Change of Japanese Encephalitis Virus in Toyama Prefecture, Japan

Mayumi Obara Toyama Institute of Health, Toyama, Japan; Department of Medical Entomology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan; Toyama-Airport Detached Office of Niigata Quarantine Station, Toyama, Japan; Laboratory of Public Health, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan

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Takeo Yamauchi Toyama Institute of Health, Toyama, Japan; Department of Medical Entomology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan; Toyama-Airport Detached Office of Niigata Quarantine Station, Toyama, Japan; Laboratory of Public Health, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan

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Mamoru Watanabe Toyama Institute of Health, Toyama, Japan; Department of Medical Entomology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan; Toyama-Airport Detached Office of Niigata Quarantine Station, Toyama, Japan; Laboratory of Public Health, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan

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Sumiyo Hasegawa Toyama Institute of Health, Toyama, Japan; Department of Medical Entomology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan; Toyama-Airport Detached Office of Niigata Quarantine Station, Toyama, Japan; Laboratory of Public Health, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan

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Yasufumi Ueda Toyama Institute of Health, Toyama, Japan; Department of Medical Entomology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan; Toyama-Airport Detached Office of Niigata Quarantine Station, Toyama, Japan; Laboratory of Public Health, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan

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Kentaro Matsuno Toyama Institute of Health, Toyama, Japan; Department of Medical Entomology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan; Toyama-Airport Detached Office of Niigata Quarantine Station, Toyama, Japan; Laboratory of Public Health, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan

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Masae Iwai Toyama Institute of Health, Toyama, Japan; Department of Medical Entomology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan; Toyama-Airport Detached Office of Niigata Quarantine Station, Toyama, Japan; Laboratory of Public Health, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan

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Eiji Horimoto Toyama Institute of Health, Toyama, Japan; Department of Medical Entomology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan; Toyama-Airport Detached Office of Niigata Quarantine Station, Toyama, Japan; Laboratory of Public Health, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan

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Takeshi Kurata Toyama Institute of Health, Toyama, Japan; Department of Medical Entomology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan; Toyama-Airport Detached Office of Niigata Quarantine Station, Toyama, Japan; Laboratory of Public Health, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan

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Takenori Takizawa Toyama Institute of Health, Toyama, Japan; Department of Medical Entomology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan; Toyama-Airport Detached Office of Niigata Quarantine Station, Toyama, Japan; Laboratory of Public Health, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan

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Hiroaki Kariwa Toyama Institute of Health, Toyama, Japan; Department of Medical Entomology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan; Toyama-Airport Detached Office of Niigata Quarantine Station, Toyama, Japan; Laboratory of Public Health, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan

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Ikuo Takashima Toyama Institute of Health, Toyama, Japan; Department of Medical Entomology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan; Toyama-Airport Detached Office of Niigata Quarantine Station, Toyama, Japan; Laboratory of Public Health, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan

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To determine the mechanisms of maintenance and evolution of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) in a temperate zone, we attempted to isolate JEV from mosquitoes and pigs in Toyama Prefecture, Japan. A total of 87 JEVs were isolated from female Culex tritaeniorhynchus mosquitoes and pigs during 2005–2009. The prevalence of JEV in Toyama Prefecture was seasonally late in comparison with that of the virus during 1966–1972. Furthermore, JEVs were isolated after the peak in the number of female Cx. tritaeniorhynchus. Among JEV strains isolated in this study, two distinct groups were observed within genotype I of the phylogeny generated from nucleotide sequence information derived from the envelope and capsid/premembrane genes: strains belonging to the major type were isolated during 2005–2009, and strains from the minor type were isolated only in 2007. The major type has exhibited gradual change in its envelope and capsid/premembrane genes, and all isolates obtained in 2008 and 2009 had a novel deletion of seven nucleotides in the variable region of the 3′-untranslated region.

Author Notes

*Address correspondence to Mayumi Obara, Toyama Institute of Health, 17-1 Nakataikoyama, Imizu, Toyama 939-0363, Japan. E-mail: mayumi.obara@pref.toyama.lg.jp

Financial support: This study was supported by a Health Labor Sciences Research Grant in Research on Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Disease (H17-shinkou-ippan-018, H20-shinkou-ippan-015) from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.

Authors' addresses: Mayumi Obara, Takeo Yamauchi, Sumiyo Hasegawa, Masae Iwai, Eiji Horimoto, Takeshi Kurata, and Takenori Takizawa, Toyama Institute of Health, 17-1 Nakataikoyama, Imizu, Toyama 939-0363, Japan, E-mails: mayumi.obara@pref.toyama.lg.jp, takeo.yamauchi@pref.toyama.lg.jp, sumiyo.hasegawa@pref.toyama.lg.jp, masae.iwai@pref.toyama.lg.jp, eiji.horimoto@pref.toyama.lg.jp, takeshi.kurata@pref.toyama.lg.jp, and takenori.takizawa@pref.toyama.lg.jp. Mamoru Watanabe, Department of Medical Entomology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan, E-mail: tabanus-wata@titan.ocn.ne.jp. Yasufumi Ueda and Kentaro Matsuno, Toyama-Airport Detached Office of Niigata Quarantine Station, 191 Akigashima, Toyama, Toyama 939-8252, Japan, E-mails: ueda-yasufumi@keneki.go.jp and matsuno-kentarou@keneki.go.jp. Hiroaki Kariwa and Ikuo Takashima, Laboratory of Public Health, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita-18, Nishi-9, Kitaku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0818, Japan, E-mails: kariwa@vetmed.hokudai.ac.jp and takasima@vetmed.hokudai.ac.jp.

Reprint requests: Mayumi Obara, Toyama Institute of Health, 17-1 Nakataikoyama, Imizu, Toyama 939-0363, Japan, E-mail: mayumi.obara@pref.toyama.lg.jp.

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