Oz Virus Infection in 6 Animal Species, Including Macaques, Bears, and Companion Animals, Japan

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 31; no. 4; pp. 720 - 727
• Main Authors: Matsuu, Aya, Tatemoto, Kango, Ishijima, Keita, Nishino, Ayano, Inoue, Yusuke, Park, Eunsil, Tamatani, Hiroo, Seto, Junji, Higashi, Hideo, Fukui, Yuichi, Noma, Takashi, Doi, Kandai, Nakashita, Rumiko, Isawa, Haruhiko, Kasai, Shinji, Maeda, Ken
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.04.2025; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Animals; Antibodies; Antibodies, Viral - blood; Black bear; Cats; Causes of; Communicable diseases in animals; Diagnosis; Dogs; Health aspects; Japan - epidemiology; Macaca - virology; Mammals; Methylene blue; Oz virus; Oz Virus Infection in 6 Animal Species, Including Macaques, Bears, and Companion Animals, Japan; Pets; Pets - virology; RNA; RNA virus infections; Seroepidemiologic Studies; Tick-borne diseases; tick-borne infections; Ursidae - virology; vector-borne infections; Viral antibodies; viruses; wild animal; Zoonoses; Japan; viruses; vector-borne infections; Japan; Oz virus; zoonoses; companion animal; tick-borne infections; wild animal

Oz virus (OZV) was isolated from an Amblyomma tick in Japan and shown to cause lethal viral myocarditis in humans. However, the natural reservoirs and the distribution of OZV remain unknown. We describe epidemiologic studies conducted by using serum samples collected from mammals throughout Japan. T...