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 2
Seroprevalence of Japanese encephalitis virus among dogs throughout Japan, 2006–2007*
| Location |
No. examined |
No. (%) positive |
| Where dog stays | ||
| Indoors | 222 | 18 (8) |
| Outdoors | 234 | 105 (45) |
| Both or unknown |
196 |
41 (21) |
| Type of area | ||
| Urban/residential | 405 | 86 (21) |
| Rural | 152 | 65 (43) |
| Unknown | 95 | 13 (14) |
*Housing information obtained by questionnaire.
