| mosquito collection in endemic areas of japanese encephalitis in hokkaido, japan. | a study was conducted during 1985 and 1986 to evaluate the roles of mosquito species as possible vectors of japanese encephalitis (je) virus in hokkaido. the number of culex tritaeniorhynchus was very low among the four pig farms where outbreaks of abortion caused by je virus were observed in swine populations. at one farm near sapporo, only one cx. tritaeniorhynchus was found among a total of 510 mosquitoes collected during the survey period from july to october 1985, even when je virus activit ... | 1989 | 2575185 |
| detection of antibodies against japanese encephalitis virus in raccoons, raccoon dogs and wild boars in japan. | japanese encephalitis virus (jev) infects numerous animal species including humans, horses and pigs. in this study, antibodies against jev in feral raccoons (procyon lotor), wild boars (sus scrofa) and raccoon dogs (nyctereutes procyonoides) in japan were examined. the results showed that 40.7% (22 out of 54), 64.5% (40 out of 62), 69.1% (47 out of 68) and 0% (0 out of 20) of raccoons in hyogo, osaka, wakayama and hokkaido, respectively, had virus-neutralizing antibodies against jev. in addition ... | 2009 | 19721354 |