Cross-sectional serosurvey for Japanese encephalitis specific antibody from animal sera in Malaysia 1993.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
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1996 Sep; 27(3): 463-70
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in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-30524
ABSTRACT
Serum specimens were collected from 6 species of animals living in 9 states of Malaysia including Sabah, North Borneo in 1993. Antibodies against Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus in these sera were detected by means of hemagglutination-inhibition (HI) and neutralization (NT) tests. By HI test, 702 of 2,152 (32.6%) sera showed positive results. Higher positive rates were obtained by the NT test, in which 1,787 of 1,927 (92.7%) sera had antibodies against JE virus. All serum specimens with positive HI were confirmed as positive by the NT. Swine sera showed especially higher rates of antibody positive and higher antibody titers compared with other animals. These results suggest that JE infections are widely distributed among many animals of Malaysia, and pig is the most susceptible amplifier host for JE virus.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Swine
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Birds
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Ruminants
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Disease Reservoirs
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Hemagglutination Tests
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Prevalence
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Encephalitis, Japanese
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Insect Vectors
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Animal Diseases
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Animals
Type of study:
Prevalence study
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Risk factors
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
Year:
1996
Type:
Article
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