title: Serological surveillance for antibodies against Erysipelothrix species in wild boar and deer in Japan.
abstract: We investigated the seroprevalence of antibodies against Erysipelothrix in wild animals in Japan. Serum samples were collected from 48 wild boar, 26 Yezo deer and 26 Japanese deer in Japan. Growth agglutination (GA) test was performed to estimate antibody titers. As a result, positive results were obtained from 32 (66.7%), 1 (3.6%) and 6 (23.1%) samples from wild boar, Yezo deer and Japanese deer, respectively. Our findings suggest that wild animals may be an important reservoir of Erysipelothrix.
authors.forename: Takae
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Chiaki
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: Kazuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Harada
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kataoka
authors.forename: Fumiko
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: Mutsuyo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kadohira
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takai
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood*; D003670:Deer; D004888:Erysipelothrix / Q000276:immunology*; D004889:Erysipelothrix Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology*; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D034421:Sus scrofa
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial