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Masahiko Irokawa
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Citations - 17
Masahiko Irokawa is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Genotype. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 9 citations.
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Prevalence and genotype/subtype distribution of hepatitis E virus (HEV) among wild boars in Japan: Identification of a genotype 5 HEV strain.
Masaharu Takahashi,Tsutomu Nishizawa,Yukihiro Sato,Shinichi Miyazaki,Tatsuya Aikawa,Kozo Ashida,Tomoko Tamaru,Kunihiko Oguro,Fumihiro Hayakawa,Hiroyuki Matsuoka,Hideaki Ozaki,Yuuji Kodera,Masahiko Irokawa,Hideo Hirose,Shigeo Nagashima,Manri Kawakami,Hitoshi Mizuo,Hiroaki Okamoto,Kazumoto Murata +18 more
TL;DR: The identification of the second genotype 5 HEV strain in a place that is located only 100 km from the site at which JBOAR135-Shiz09 was identified, suggests that genotype5 HEV circulates within a relatively close range in Japan.