Prevalence of spotted fever group rickettsia antibody in Apodemus speciosus captured in an endemic focus in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan.
Fourteen of Apodemus speciosus (large Japanese field mouse) were captured near the place where one of the patients with spotted fever group rickettsiosis had been infected, in Takaoka town, Miyazaki Prefecture. In the town, four human cases were reported. All of the mice had antibodies against Rickettsia japonica and R. montana. The incidence of the antibody was significantly higher in Apodemus mice in the area than in those from nonendemic area.
Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Health, Tokyo.
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Morita
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Yamamoto
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Tsuchiya
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Yoshida
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Yabe
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Kawabata
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Fukui
D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D009115:Muridae / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000276:immunology*; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000635:transmission
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial