A Survey of Leptospiral Reservoir Animals in Okinawa Prefecture.
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Accession number;04A0385497
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| Title;A Survey of Leptospiral Reservoir Animals in Okinawa Prefecture. |
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NAKAMURA MASAJI
(Okinawa Prefectural Inst. Health and Environment, JPN)
TAIRA KATSUYA
(Okinawa Prefectural Inst. Health and Environment, JPN)
ONO ATSUSHI
(Okinawa Prefectural Government, JPN)
MASUZAWA TOSHIYUKI
(Univ. Shizuoka, School of Pharmaceutical Sci., JPN)
KADOSAKA TERUKI
(Aichi Medical Univ., School of Medicine, JPN)
KAWABATA HIROKI
(National Inst. Infectious Diseases, JPN)
KOIZUMI NOBUO
(National Inst. Infectious Diseases, JPN)
FUJITA HIROMI
(Ohara Gen. Hosp.)
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Journal Title;Journal of the Japan Veterinary Medical Association
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Journal Code:Y0220A
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ISSN:0446-6454
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VOL.57;NO.5;PAGE.321-325(2004)
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| Figure&Table&Reference;TBL.5, REF.16 |
| Pub. Country;Japan |
| Language;Japanese |
| Abstract;A surrvey of the distribution of Leptospira spp. among small mammals and of the anti-leptospiral antibody in wild boars was performed with the aim of evaluating the present state of leptospiral reservoir animals in Okinawa Prefecture. Nine leptospires were isolated from the 219 small mammals studied in this survey (3 from Rattus rattus, 3 from Mus caroli, 1 from Rattus norvegicus, and 2 from Suncus murinus) for a prevalence of 4.1%. The serovars of the isolates were estimated as javianica (7), hebdomadis (1), and castellonis (1). In the survey of the anti-leptospiral antibody in the wild boar (Sus scrofa riukiuanus), 51% (67/131) of the sera demonstrated a positive reaction to 7 leptospiral serovars. Thus the wild boar is a significant leptospiral reservoir on Okinawa. The predominant serovar among the positive wild-boar sera was hebdomadis, which was the dominant serovar among the sera of inhabitants of the same region according to surveys conducted in 1998 and 2000. (author abst.) |
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