Isolation of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus from wild house mice (Mus musculus) in Osaka Port, Japan.
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) was isolated from 14 out of 35 wild house mouse samples captured on two piers of Osaka port in Japan. Four of them were isolated from were isolated from 18 antibody positive mice while 10 were from 17 antibody negative mice. This is the first report of the isolation of LCMV from wild mice in Japan.
Morita
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Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Health, Japan.
Matsuura
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Fujii
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Joh
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Baba
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Kato
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Hisada
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D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008216:Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008217:Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D015995:Prevalence; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D014709:Vero Cells
D000914:Antibodies, Viral