Publications

high prevalence of hepatitis e virus in wild boar (sus scrofa) in yamaguchi prefecture, japan.	hepatitis e virus (hev) causes a food- and water-borne disease in humans, and japanese wild boar (sus scrofa leucomystax) meat is one of the most important sources of infection in japan. we tested 113 serum samples from wild boar captured in shimonoseki city, yamaguchi prefecture, japan from 2010 to 2012. serum samples were tested by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) using virus-like particles as antigen and nested reverse-transcription pcr (rt-pcr). anti-hev igg antibodies were detected ...	2014	24506423
influenza a virus infection in japanese wild boars (sus scrofa leucomystax).	serum samples were collected from 385 wild boars between 2010 and 2013 to examine the seroprevalence of influenza a virus (iav) in japan. antibodies against iav were identified using a commercial kit in 13 wild boars (3.4%). to identify the serotypes, positive sera were examined by virus-neutralization test using representative serotypes and strains. three wild boars in yamaguchi and four in tochigi showed the highest antibody titers against the pandemic h1n1 2009 virus and classical swine h1n1 ...	2017	28321029