Status of natural infection with Japanese encephalitis virus in Japan: prevalence of antibodies to the nonstructural 1 protein among humans and horses.
The literature on natural infections with Japanese encephalitis virus in Japan and subclinical:clinical infection rates was summarized. To detect natural infections, conventional serologic methods were used in the past, while nonstructural 1 protein-based methods have been used recently. Annual infection rates in humans and horses indicated the status of natural virus activity in Japan.
Department of International Health, Kobe University Graduate School of Health Sciences, 7-10-2 Tomogaoka Suma-ku, Kobe 654-0142, Japan. ekon@kobe-u.ac.jp
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D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D004664:Encephalitis Virus, Japanese / Q000276:immunology; D004672:Encephalitis, Japanese / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology* / Q000662:veterinary; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology*; D006736:Horses / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D017361:Viral Nonstructural Proteins / Q000276:immunology*
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D017361:Viral Nonstructural Proteins