Open AccessViral Infectious Diseases in Wild Animals in Japan
Author(s) -
Hiroshi Shimoda,
Yumiko Nagao,
Masayuki Shimojima,
Ken Maeda
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of disaster research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.332
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1883-8030
pISSN - 1881-2473
DOI - 10.20965/jdr.2012.p0289
Subject(s) - virology , biology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , medicine , pathology
Even limited to mammals, there exist more than 5,000 species of wild animals. Because each wild animal is the natural host of specific viruses, the total number of viruses in wild animals is enormous. Although it is impossible to cover all the infectious diseases caused by such viruses, accumulation of data on viral infectious diseases is important. In this paper, some of the latest findings acquired from our studies on viral infectious diseases in wild animals will be introduced.