| seroprevalence of toxoplasma gondii in wild boars (sus scrofa leucomystax) and wild sika deer (cervus nippon) in gunma prefecture, japan. | the ingestion of undercooked meat from wild animals can be a source of toxoplasma gondii infection in humans and other animals. in this study, we determined the seroprevalence of t. gondii infection in 175 wild boars (sus scrofa leucomystax) and 107 wild sika deer (cervus nippon) hunted in 2004-2007 in gunma prefecture, japan, by using a commercial latex agglutination test (lat). antibodies (lat, 1:64 or higher) to t. gondii were found in 6.3% of wild boars and 1.9% of sika deer. this is the fir ... | 2011 | 21640197 |
| prevalence of hepatitis e virus (hev) infection in wild boars (sus scrofa leucomystax) and pigs in gunma prefecture, japan. | the prevalence of hepatitis e virus (hev) infection in wild boars and pigs in gunma prefecture, japan, was serologically and genetically examined. the positive detection rates of anti-hev igg and hev rna in the wild boars were 4.5% (4/89) and 1.1% (1/89), whereas those in the pigs were 74.6% (126/169) and 1.8% (3/169), respectively. the positive rates of anti-hev igg and hev rna on the 17 pig farms in the present study ranged from 20% to 100%, respectively. one male wild boar approximately 5 yea ... | 2009 | 19194072 |