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Volume 31, Number 4—April 2025
Research

Oz Virus Infection in 6 Animal Species, Including Macaques, Bears, and Companion Animals, Japan

Aya Matsuu1, Kango Tatemoto, Keita Ishijima, Ayano Nishino, Yusuke Inoue, Eunsil Park, Hiroo Tamatani, Junji Seto, Hideo Higashi, Yuichi Fukui, Takashi Noma, Kandai Doi, Rumiko Nakashita, Haruhiko Isawa, Shinji Kasai, and Ken MaedaComments to Author 
Author affiliation: National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan (A. Matsuu, K. Tatemoto, K. Ishijima, A. Nishino, Y. Inoue, E. Park, H. Isawa, S. Kasai, K. Maeda); Picchio Wildlife Research Center, Karuizawa, Japan (H. Tamatani); Yamagata Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Yamagata, Japan (J. Seto); Wildlife Workshop, Yamagata (H. Higashi); Komachi Animal Hospital, Tsukuba, Japan (Y. Fukui); Kubota Animal Clinic, Ozu, Japan (T. Noma); Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba (K. Doi, R. Nakashita)

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Figure 2

Geographic distribution of Oz virus–neutralizing antibody-positive individuals of 6 animal species, by prefecture, Japan, 2007–2023. A) Wild boar (Sus scrofa leucomystax). B) Sika deer (Cervus nippon). C) Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata). D) Asian black bear (Ursus thibetanus). E) Dog (Canis lupus familiaris). F) Cat (Felis silvestris catus).

Figure 2. Geographic distribution of Oz virus–neutralizing antibody-positive individuals of 6 animal species, by prefecture, Japan, 2007–2023. A) Wild boar (Sus scrofa leucomystax). B) Sika deer (Cervus nippon). C) Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata). D) Asian black bear (Ursus thibetanus). E) Dog (Canis lupus familiaris). F) Cat (Felis silvestris catus).

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1Current affiliation: Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan.

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