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Serological survey of influenza A virus infection in Japanese wild boars ( Sus scrofa leucomystax )
Author(s) -
Fujimoto Yoshikazu,
Inoue Hideya,
Ozawa Makoto,
Matsuu Aya
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
microbiology and immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1348-0421
pISSN - 0385-5600
DOI - 10.1111/1348-0421.12750
Subject(s) - seroprevalence , biology , serology , virology , virus , wild boar , influenza a virus , transmission (telecommunications) , pandemic , livestock , antibody , veterinary medicine , covid-19 , infectious disease (medical specialty) , immunology , disease , ecology , medicine , pathology , electrical engineering , engineering
We conducted a serological survey to detect antibodies against influenza A virus (IAV) in Japanese wild boars in Kagoshima prefecture, Japan, between 2014 and 2017. Seroprevalence against a pandemic‐like swine H1N1 (H1N1pdm) virus was identified in 27.1% of specimens, and 1.7% were positive for both swine H1N2 and H3N2 viruses, indicating that wild boars could play an important role in the dynamics of H1N1pdm viral dispersion in the wild. The high frequency of positive results for sera against the H1N1pdm virus suggests that cross‐species IAV transmission between wild boars, livestock, and humans is a threat to veterinary and public health.