title: Dogs as sentinels for human infection with Japanese encephalitis virus.
abstract: 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, might be good sentinels for monitoring JEV infection in urban/residential areas.
authors.affiliation: Yamaguchi University, Yoshida, Yamaguchi 753-8515, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shimoda
authors.forename: Yoshito
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohno
authors.forename: Masami
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mochizuki
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iwata
authors.forename: Masaru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okuda
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maeda
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D002415:Cats / Q000821:virology*; D004285:Dogs / Q000821:virology*; D004664:Encephalitis Virus, Japanese / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004672:Encephalitis, Japanese / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D013552:Swine / Q000821:virology
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral