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Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, November 2007, p. 1526-1528, Vol. 14, No. 11
1071-412X/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/CVI.00333-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Serological Survey of Rickettsia japonica Infection in Dogs and Cats in Japan{triangledown}

Masae Tabuchi,1 Jilintai,1 Yoshimi Sakata,2 Naomi Miyazaki,3 and Hisashi Inokuma1*

Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro 080-8555,1 Merial Japan Ltd., Tokyo 100-0014,2 Nippon Zenyaku Kogyo Co., Ltd., Koriyama, Fukushima 963-0196, Japan3

Received 11 August 2007/ Returned for modification 18 September 2007/ Accepted 20 September 2007

Antibodies against Rickettsia japonica in 20 of 1,207 dogs and 5 of 584 cats in Japan were detected using immunofluorescence. Some antibody-positive animals were detected in Niigata and Kagawa Prefectures, areas in which Japanese spotted fever in human patients has never been identified. Some animals were positive for antibodies against other new Rickettsia species.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Laboratory of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro 080-8555, Japan. Phone and fax: (81)-155-49-5370. E-mail: inokuma{at}obihiro.ac.jp

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 3 October 2007.

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, November 2007, p. 1526-1528, Vol. 14, No. 11
1071-412X/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/CVI.00333-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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