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MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 63, Issue 11, Pages 465-468Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/1348-0421.12736
Keywords
erysipelas infection; Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae; reservoir; wild boar
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- National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
- Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan
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The potential role of wild boars as a source of erysipelas infection was investigated. An ELISA test of wild boar serum samples from 41 prefectures in Japan revealed that proportions of the Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae-positive samples were very high in all the prefectures, and the mean positive rate was 95.6% (1312/1372). Serovars of E. rhusiopathiae isolates from wild boars were similar to those of previously reported swine isolates, and all serovar isolates tested were found to be pathogenic to mice. These results suggest that wild boars in Japan constitute a reservoir of E. rhusiopathiae and may pose risks to other animals.
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