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. 2010 Jul;16(7):1137-9.
doi: 10.3201/eid1607.091757.

Dogs as sentinels for human infection with Japanese encephalitis virus

Hiroshi Shimoda  1 , Yoshito Ohno, Masami Mochizuki, Hiroyuki Iwata, Masaru Okuda, Ken Maeda
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Dogs as sentinels for human infection with Japanese encephalitis virus

Hiroshi Shimoda et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Jul.

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.

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Seropositivity for Japanese encephalitis virus among dogs in 9 districts of Japan, 2006–2007. Numbers in parenthesis indicate number of dogs tested. The size of each circle indicates the number of samples. Black pie chart segments indicate the proportion of seropositive dogs; white segments indicate proportion of seronegative dogs.
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