Volume 16, Number 7—July 2010
Dispatch
Dogs as Sentinels for Human Infection with Japanese Encephalitis Virus
Hiroshi Shimoda, Yoshito Ohno, Masami Mochizuki, Hiroyuki Iwata, Masaru Okuda, and Ken Maeda
Table 1
Seroprevalence of Japanese encephalitis virus among dogs (2006–2007) and cats (1997–2005), Yamaguchi, Japan*
| Animals |
No. examined |
No. (%) positive |
| Dogs | ||
| Indoor | 58 | 6 (10) |
| Outdoor | 21 | 8 (38) |
| Both or unknown | 21 | 3 (14) |
| Total |
100 |
17 (17) |
| Cats | 292 | 3 (1) |
*Housing information obtained by questionnaire.
