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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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Table 1

Seroprevalence of Oz virus infection in animals, Japan, 2007–2023*

Animal Species Years No. PRNT80
 ELISA (IgG)
 PRNT80 versus ELISA
No. positive Positive rate, % No. positive Positive rate, % Agreement, % Sensitivity, % Specificity, %
Wild boar
 Sus scrofa leucomystax
 2019–2022
 119
 33
 27.5
33
 27.5
97.1
 97.7
 90.9
Sika deer
 Cervus nippon
 2017–2022
 173
 97
 56.1
69
 39.9
81.5
 96.1
 70.1
Japanese macaque
 Macaca fuscata
 2016–2022
 306
 60
 19.6
50
 16.3
95.4
 86.0
 80.8
Asian black bear
 Ursus thibetanus
 2007–2021
 357
 182
 51.0
154
 43.4
85.9
 95.4
 80.8
Dog
 Canis lupus familiaris
 2016–2022
 249
 7
 2.8
NA
 NA
NA
 NA
 NA
Cat Felis silvestris catus 2019–2023 97 1 1.0 NA NA NA NA NA

*PRNT80, 80% plaque reduction neutralization test; NA, not applicable.

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1Current affiliation: Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan.

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