Inoshima Y, Yamamoto Y, Takahashi T, Shino M, Katsumi A, Shimizu S, Sentsui H
National Institute of Animal Health, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
Epidemiol Infect. 2001 Feb;126(1):153-6. doi: 10.1017/s0950268801005131.
The prevalence of parapoxvirus infection was examined in free-ranging wild ruminants in Japan, Japanese serow (Capricornis crispus) and Japanese deer (Cervus nippon centralis), in 1996-9. We collected a total of 151 serum samples from 101 Japanese serows and 50 Japanese deer and tested for antibodies against parapoxvirus by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and an agar gel immunodiffusion test. Overall seroprevalences among Japanese serows were 5/25 (20.0%) in 1996, 4/14 (28.6%) in 1997, 5/32 (15.6%) in 1998 and 2/30 (6.7%) in 1999, respectively. The seroprevalence increased with age but was not affected by sex. No antibodies were detected from any of 50 serum samples taken from Japanese deer. Our results in this study suggest that parapoxvirus infection is widespread among the population of Japanese serows, however, Japanese deer appear to be still free of the disease.
1996年至1999年期间，对日本自由放养的野生反刍动物日本鬣羚（Capricornis crispus）和日本梅花鹿（Cervus nippon centralis）的副痘病毒感染流行情况进行了调查。我们从101只日本鬣羚和50只日本梅花鹿中总共采集了151份血清样本，并通过酶联免疫吸附试验和琼脂凝胶免疫扩散试验检测了抗副痘病毒的抗体。日本鬣羚在1996年的总体血清阳性率为5/25（20.0%），1997年为4/14（28.6%），1998年为5/32（15.6%），1999年为2/30（6.7%）。血清阳性率随年龄增长而升高，但不受性别影响。从50份日本梅花鹿血清样本中均未检测到抗体。我们在本研究中的结果表明，副痘病毒感染在日本鬣羚种群中广泛存在，然而，日本梅花鹿似乎仍未感染该疾病。
