date:Apr 09, 2014
e virus occurred in the United States and South Korea last year. The strain of the virus identified in the current outbreak in Japan is similar to those found in the US and South Korea, experts say.
It is expanding more widely than the outbreaks between 1994 and 1996 and between 1982 and 1983, Masuo Sueyoshi, professor of veterinary hygiene at the University of Miyazaki, told the newspaper.
If vaccines run short, the outbreak is expected to spread further, he added.
Kenji Murakami, professor