viruses Article Genetic and Phenotypic Characterization of a Rabies Virus Strain Isolated from a Dog in Tokyo, Japan in the 1940s Tatsuki Takahashi 1, Maho Inukai 2, Michihito Sasaki 3 , Madlin Potratz 4, Supasiri Jarusombuti 5 , Yuji Fujii 6, Shoko Nishiyama 2, Stefan Finke 4 , Kentaro Yamada 7, Hiroki Sakai 1,6,8,9, Hirofumi Sawa 3, Akira Nishizono 7, Makoto Sugiyama 1,2,6 and Naoto Ito 1,2,6,9,* 1 The United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu 501-1193, Japan;
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