Sequencing and Phylogenetic Analyses of Saffold Cardiovirus (SAFV) Genotype 3 Isolates from Children with Upper Respiratory Infection in Gunma, Japan

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Gunma Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences, Gunma 371-0052; 1Masuda Pediatric Clinic, Gunma 370-0321; 2Department of Virology I, 5Department of Virology III, and 7Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 208-0011; 3Yamagata Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Yamagata 990-0031; 4Yamagata Prefectural Yonezawa Women's Junior College, Yamagata 992-0025; and 6Department of Molecular Biodefence Research, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanagawa 236-0004, Japan