Dogs as Sentinels for Human Infection with Japanese Encephalitis Virus

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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Main Authors: Hiroshi Shimoda, Yoshito Ohno, Masami Mochizuki, Hiroyuki Iwata, Masaru Okuda, Ken Maeda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-07-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Sentinel surveillance
encephalitis
Japanese
dogs
viruses
vector-borne infections
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/7/09-1757_article

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