Ryo Ikemori

Mr. Ryo Ikemori

Osaka Institute of Public Health, Division of Microbiology, Virology Section

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Academic Career Length

6Years (2021-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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25 January 2021 in Viruses
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RIRyo Ikemori
Ryo Ikemori
IAIkuko Aoyama
Ikuko Aoyama
TSTadahiro Sasaki
Tadahiro Sasaki
HTHirono Takabayashi
Hirono Takabayashi
KMKazutoshi Morisada
Kazutoshi Morisada
KMKazushi Motomura
Kazushi Motomura
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is a novel tick-borne infectious disease, therefore, the information on the whole genome of the SFTS virus (SFTSV) is still limited. This study demonstrates a nearly whole genome of the SFTSV identified in Osaka in 2017 and 2018 by next-generation sequencing (NGS). The evolutionary lineage of two genotypes, C5 and J1, was identified in Osaka. The first case in Osaka belongs to suspect reassortment (L:C5, M:C5, S:C4), the other is genotype J1 (L: J1, M: J1, S: J1) according to the classification by a Japanese group. C5 was identified in China, indicating that C5 identified in this study may be transmitted by birds between China and Japan. This study revealed that different SFTSV genotypes were distributed in two local areas, suggesting the separate or focal transmission patterns in Osaka.