| serosurveillance for francisella tularensis among wild animals in japan using a newly developed competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. | tularemia, a highly infectious zoonotic disease caused by francisella tularensis, occurs sporadically in japan. however, little is known about the prevalence of the disease in wild animals. a total of 632 samples obtained from 150 japanese black bears, 142 japanese hares, 120 small rodents, 97 rats, 53 raptors, 26 japanese monkeys, 21 japanese raccoon dogs, 20 masked palm civets, and three japanese red foxes between 2002 and 2010 were investigated for the presence of antibodies to f. tularensis ... | 2014 | 24689989 |