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Wild Mice and Shrews as Natural Reservoirs of Emerging Tickborne Yezo Virus, Hokkaido, Japan, 2023–2025

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: We screened 420 wild small mammals and 2,273 ticks for infections with an emerging tickborne orthonairovirus, Yezo virus, during 2023–2025 in Hokkaido, Japan. We detected virus in mice, shrews, and ticks that were closely related. Apodemus spp. mice and Sorex spp. shrews were identified as potent natural reservoirs of Yezo virus.

Source: Emerging infectious diseases

DOI: 10.3201/eid3212.260298

Authors: Mebuki Ito, Yuma Ohari, Isshu Kojima, Yume Mimura, Keita Mizuma, Jingshu Li, Hayato Torisu, Shumpei Kamiyama, Tomoki Sakiyama, Hironori Mieda, Naoya Matsumoto, Natsumi Iijima, Eri Fujii, Yasuko Orba, Kuniko Kawai, Satoshi D. Ohdachi, Keita Matsuno

Institutions: Hokkaido University International Institute for Zoonosis Control, Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University

Language: English

Topic: Viral Infections and Vectors

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W7223996909

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