A Sero-Survey of Subtype H3 Influenza A Virus Infection in Dogs and Cats in Japan

Awlad Wadair Ali SAID; Tatsufumi USUI; Kyoko SHINYA; Etsuro ONO; Toshihiro ITO; Yoshiaki HIKASA; Aya MATSUU; Takashi TAKEUCHI; Akihiko SUGIYAMA; Naohito NISHII; Tsuyoshi YAMAGUCHI

doi:10.1292/jvms.10-0428

Virology

A Sero-Survey of Subtype H3 Influenza A Virus Infection in Dogs and Cats in Japan

Awlad Wadair Ali SAID, Tatsufumi USUI, Kyoko SHINYA, Etsuro ONO, Toshihiro ITO, Yoshiaki HIKASA, Aya MATSUU, Takashi TAKEUCHI, Akihiko SUGIYAMA, Naohito NISHII, Tsuyoshi YAMAGUCHI

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Awlad Wadair Ali SAID
The Avian Zoonosis Research Center, Tottori University
Department of Infectious Diseases, The United Graduate School of Veterinary Science, Yamaguchi University
Veterinary Research Centre, Ministry of Agriculture, Sultanate of Oman
Tatsufumi USUI
The Avian Zoonosis Research Center, Tottori University
Department of Infectious Diseases, The United Graduate School of Veterinary Science, Yamaguchi University
Kyoko SHINYA
Division of Zoonosis, Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University
Etsuro ONO
Laboratory of Biomedicine, Center of Biomedical Research, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University
Toshihiro ITO
The Avian Zoonosis Research Center, Tottori University
Department of Infectious Diseases, The United Graduate School of Veterinary Science, Yamaguchi University
Yoshiaki HIKASA
Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Tottori University
Aya MATSUU
Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Tottori University
Takashi TAKEUCHI
Department of Veterinary Laboratory Medicine, Tottori University
Akihiko SUGIYAMA
Department of Veterinary Laboratory Medicine, Tottori University
Naohito NISHII
Department of Veterinary Pharmacotherapeutics, Tottori University
Tsuyoshi YAMAGUCHI
The Avian Zoonosis Research Center, Tottori University
Department of Infectious Diseases, The United Graduate School of Veterinary Science, Yamaguchi University

Keywords: canine, feline, influenza A virus, sero-surveillance

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2011 Volume 73 Issue 4 Pages 541-544

DOI https://doi.org/10.1292/jvms.10-0428

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Abstract

A sero-epidemiological survey of human and equine H3 influenza A virus infections in dogs and cats using the hemagglutination inhibition (HI) and neuraminidase inhibition (NI) tests was conducted. Serum samples were collected from 582 dogs and 237 cats in Japan during the periods 2002-2008 and 1997-2008, respectively. Although no HI antibodies against equine H3 virus were detected, 9 (3.8%) from cats and 12 (2.1%) from dogs were HI-positive against human H3 virus. Only one serum each from dogs and cats was NI-positive against N2 virus. These findings suggest that although equine H3 influenza virus infections have not been prevalent in companion animals, human H3N2 influenza A virus infections have occurred in dogs and cats in recent years in Japan.

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