Seroepidemiological survey of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus in wild house mouse (Mus musculus) in Yokohama Port, Japan.
From 1985 to 1989, a total of 129 mice was captured from 7 piers of Yokohama port. Of these, 9 (7.0%) were positive to lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) antigen in indirect fluorescence antibody test. Six out of 31 mice (19.4%) in 1985 and 3 out of 23 mice (13.0%) captured in 1986 were positive. All the mice (74) captured in 1988 and 1989 were negative. Although 7 out of 17 mice (41.2%) in Osanbashi-Shinko pier and 2 out of 23 (8.7%) in Honmoku pier were positive in 1985 and 1986, all mice captured in other piers were negative. This is the first report detecting LCMV antibody in wild house mice in Japan.
Morita
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Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Health, Tokyo, Japan.
Matsuura
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Y
Kawashima
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E
Takahashi
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S
Kawaguchi
J
J
Iida
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S
Yamanaka
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T
Jitsukawa
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W
D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D015153:Blotting, Western; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008216:Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008217:Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D015995:Prevalence; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*
D000914:Antibodies, Viral