Wild Mice and Shrews as Natural Reservoirs of Emerging Tickborne Yezo Virus, Hokkaido, Japan, 2023–2025
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.
Authors
- Keita Matsuno (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4205-6526)
- Keita Mizuma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5363-8944)
- Yuma Ohari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3008-3102)
- Yasuko Orba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9910-3912)
- Isshu Kojima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4095-7483)
- Jingshu Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1098-1327)
- Satoshi D. Ohdachi
- Tomoki Sakiyama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3655-0832)
- Hironori Mieda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4908-1565)
- Yume Mimura
- Shumpei Kamiyama
- Hayato Torisu
- Eri FUJII
- Kuniko Kawai
- Naoya Matsumoto
- Mebuki Ito
- Natsumi Iijima
Institutions
- Hokkaido University International Institute for Zoonosis Control (JP)
- Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Emerging infectious diseases
- Published
- 2026-10-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3212.260298
- Primary Topic
- Viral Infections and Vectors
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00