Cross-Reactivity of Secondary Antibodies against African Rodents and Application for Sero-Surveillance

  • NAKAMURA Ichiro
    Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, N20W10, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 001–0020, Japan School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia, P. O. Box 32379, Lusaka, Zambia
  • HANG’OMBE Bernard Mudenda
    School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia, P. O. Box 32379, Lusaka, Zambia
  • SAWA Hirofumi
    Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, N20W10, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 001–0020, Japan School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia, P. O. Box 32379, Lusaka, Zambia
  • KOBAYASHI Shintaro
    Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, N20W10, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 001–0020, Japan
  • ORBA Yasuko
    Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, N20W10, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 001–0020, Japan
  • ISHII Akihiro
    Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, N20W10, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 001–0020, Japan School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia, P. O. Box 32379, Lusaka, Zambia
  • THOMAS Yuka
    Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, N20W10, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 001–0020, Japan School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia, P. O. Box 32379, Lusaka, Zambia
  • ISOZUMI Rie
    Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, N15W7, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060–8638, Japan
  • YOSHIMATSU Kumiko
    Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, N15W7, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060–8638, Japan
  • MWEENE Aaron S.
    School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia, P. O. Box 32379, Lusaka, Zambia
  • TAKADA Ayato
    Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, N20W10, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 001–0020, Japan School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia, P. O. Box 32379, Lusaka, Zambia
  • SUGIMOTO Chihiro
    Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, N20W10, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 001–0020, Japan School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia, P. O. Box 32379, Lusaka, Zambia
  • ARIKAWA Jiro
    Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, N15W7, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060–8638, Japan

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A total of 466 rodents were captured in the Republic of Zambia from 2006 to 2010. Based on morphological observations and phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial gene sequences, rodents were divided into 10 groups consisting of 39 Rattus rodents, 263 multimammate rats, 18 other Murinae rodents, 95 gerbils, 11 pouched mice, 1 giant-pouched rat, 38 fat mice and 1 dormouse. Rodent antibodies except that from Rattus were examined for their cross-reactivity to commercially available antibody detection reagents. Anti-mouse immunoglobulin G (IgG) was most cross-reactive to heterologous antibodies including multimammate rat, gerbil, pouched mouse and fat mouse. Thus, anti-mouse IgG would be a useful detection tool in serological examination of the Zambian rodent population. Preliminary sero-surveillance for plague, leptospirosis and hantavirus infection was performed by ELISA.

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