Abstract
To obtain epidemiological data on Lyme disease (LD) in Saitama Prefecture, anti-Borrelia burgdorferi (Borrelia) antibody was measured in the sera from 175 dogs and 30 negative control dogs using the enzymelinked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The anti-Borrelia antibody titer was high in 22 (12.57%) of the 175 dogs. The different results from those of our previous report might have resulted from samples which were collected mainly from veterinary clinics. In districts where the antibody titer was significantly higher than that of the control dogs, the samples were obtained from the clinics in the northern and southern areas of Saitama Prefecture. and from the Division of Envilromental Biology of Chitchibu and Kawagoe areas. The data suggested that the exposure to ticks caused a higher incidence. The antibody titers significantly differed between the groups with and without tick bites but not between males and females the groups vaccinated and non-vaccinated with leptospires or hounds and the other dogs.The data suggested that there might be dogs infected with Borrelia burgdorferi in Saitama Prefecture. The dogs may be a possible reservoir host. Particular attention should be given to such conditions as zoonoses, especially a correlation study regarding ticks and dogs in Saitama Prefecture.
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