Dogs as sentinels for human infection with Japanese encephalitis virus.
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.
Shimoda
Hiroshi
H
Yamaguchi University, Yoshida, Yamaguchi 753-8515, Japan.
Ohno
Yoshito
Y
Mochizuki
Masami
M
Iwata
Hiroyuki
H
Okuda
Masaru
M
Maeda
Ken
K
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
D000914:Antibodies, Viral