A Molecularly Cloned, Live-Attenuated Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine SA₁₄-14-2 Virus: A Conserved Single Amino Acid in the ij Hairpin of the Viral E Glycoprotein Determines Neurovirulence in Mice

• Sang-Im Yun ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sang-Im Yun, Byung-Hak Song

  Affiliation Department of Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences; Utah Science Technology and Research, College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

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• Byung-Hak Song ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sang-Im Yun, Byung-Hak Song

  Affiliation Department of Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences; Utah Science Technology and Research, College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

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• Jin-Kyoung Kim,

  Affiliation Department of Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences; Utah Science Technology and Research, College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

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• Gil-Nam Yun,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Republic of Korea

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• Eun-Young Lee,

  Affiliation Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Republic of Korea

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• Long Li,

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

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• Richard J. Kuhn,

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

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• Michael G. Rossmann,

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

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• John D. Morrey,

  Affiliation Department of Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences; Utah Science Technology and Research, College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

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• Young-Min Lee

  * E-mail: youngmin.lee@usu.edu

  Affiliation Department of Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences; Utah Science Technology and Research, College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

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