TY - JOUR
T1 - Serological Survey for Lyme Disease in Sika Deer (Cervus nippon yesoensis) by Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA)
AU - Isogai, Emiko
AU - Isogai, Hiroshi
AU - Masuzawa, Toshiyuki
AU - Yanagihara, Yasutake
AU - Sato, Nanao
AU - Hayashi, Shunji
AU - Toshiyuki, Maki
AU - Mori, Mamoru
PY - 1991/1/1
Y1 - 1991/1/1
N2 - Seventy-six wild sika deer (Cervus nippon yesoensis) from areas endemic for Borrelia burgdorferi during 1988 to 1989 had the IgG antibody to the bacteria in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The percentage of seropositive deer was 25.0% to strain HO 14 and 22.4% to strain HP3, respectively. Specific IgG antibody titers were high in summer but low in winter. In summer, seropositive deer were 75.0%. Similar results were obtained in serum specimens obtained monthly from 4 farmed deer. It was suggested that the sika deer could be one of the wild reservoirs for B. burgdorferi in Hokkaido, Japan. The transmission risk of B. burgdorferi is considered to be greatest during late spring to early summer.
AB - Seventy-six wild sika deer (Cervus nippon yesoensis) from areas endemic for Borrelia burgdorferi during 1988 to 1989 had the IgG antibody to the bacteria in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The percentage of seropositive deer was 25.0% to strain HO 14 and 22.4% to strain HP3, respectively. Specific IgG antibody titers were high in summer but low in winter. In summer, seropositive deer were 75.0%. Similar results were obtained in serum specimens obtained monthly from 4 farmed deer. It was suggested that the sika deer could be one of the wild reservoirs for B. burgdorferi in Hokkaido, Japan. The transmission risk of B. burgdorferi is considered to be greatest during late spring to early summer.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1991.tb01603.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1991.tb01603.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 1808467
AN - SCOPUS:0026006779
SN - 0385-5600
VL - 35
SP - 695
EP - 703
JO - Microbiology and Immunology
JF - Microbiology and Immunology
IS - 9
ER -