| intestinal carriage of yersinia pseudotuberculosis by wild birds and mammals in japan. | fecal specimens were obtained from wild birds and mammals in the eastern part of shimane prefecture, japan, an area where serotype 1b, 2b, 3, and 4b strains of yersinia pseudotuberculosis were found to be prevalent in humans. each of 869 animals, including 259 wild birds and 610 wild mammals, was screened for yersiniae. a total of 37 strains of y. pseudotuberculosis were isolated from 34 (5.6%) mammals, including 23 raccoon dogs (nyctereutes procyonoides), eight deer (cervus nippon), two hares ( ... | 1991 | 2059038 |
| prevalence of multiple subtypes of influenza a virus in japanese wild raccoons. | raccoons (procyon lotor), which are not native to japan, have been suspected to transmit various pathogens by frequent intrusion into agricultural and residential areas. to determine influenza a virus seropositivity in raccoons in japan, we examined a total of 634 raccoons captured in 19 towns (a-s) from 2009 to 2012. agar gel precipitation tests showed that the antibody prevalence was 1.89% (12/634). all positive raccoons were captured in three towns (a-c) located within a radius of approximate ... | 2014 | 24818620 |
| molecular detection of spotted fever group rickettsia in feral raccoons (procyon lotor) in the western part of japan. | rickettsial infection in feral raccoons (procyon lotor) in the western part of japan (shimane, fukuoka, saga and nagasaki prefectures) was surveyed by a nested polymerase chain reaction (pcr) assay detecting the rickettsial citrate synthase (glta) gene. four of one hundred and ninety-four feral raccoon spleens (2.1%) were positive for rickettsia spp. one glta gene sequence was identical to r. helvetica, whereas the other 3 sequences were identical and had the highest similarity (98.4%) to r. amb ... | 2013 | 22986299 |