Dogs as Sentinels for Human Infection with Japanese Encephalitis Virus

Because serosurveys of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) among wild animals and pigs may not accurately reflect risk for humans in urban/residential areas, we examined seroprevalence among dogs and cats. We found that JEV-infected mosquitoes have spread throughout Japan and that dogs, but not cats,...

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Published inEmerging infectious diseases Vol. 16; no. 7; pp. 1137 - 1139
Main Authors Shimoda, Hiroshi, Ohno, Yoshito, Mochizuki, Masami, Iwata, Hiroyuki, Okuda, Masaru, Maeda, Ken
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 01.07.2010
Subjects
Animals
Antibodies, Viral - blood
Cats - virology
Dispatch
dogs
Dogs - virology
encephalitis
Encephalitis Virus, Japanese - isolation & purification
Encephalitis, Japanese - etiology
Humans
Japanese
Sentinel surveillance
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Swine - virology
vector-borne infections
viruses
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Summary:Because serosurveys of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) among wild animals and pigs may not accurately reflect risk for humans in urban/residential areas, we examined seroprevalence among dogs and cats. We found that JEV-infected mosquitoes have spread throughout Japan and that dogs, but not cats, might be good sentinels for monitoring JEV infection in urban/residential areas.
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ISSN:1080-6040
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DOI:10.3201/eid1607.091757