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Major zoonotic infections
Last Updated December 21, 2018
Major zoonotic infections
The main zoonotic diseases requiring attention in Japan are shown in the table.
If you click on the disease name, you will be taken to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare website, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, or Yokohama City Public Health Center website.
Name of disease | Major Animals Related | Main symptoms of animals | Main routes of infection | Symptoms of a person |
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Rabies (outside site) | Dogs, cats, and others | Death or paralysis, coma | Bite | If you become ill, neurological symptoms and coma death |
Parrot disease (outside site) | Dogs, cats, and others | Diarrhea, loss of energy | Inhalation of pathogens in feces | Symptoms similar to cold |
Leptospirosis (outside site) | Dogs and others | Nephritis | Contact with urine | Fever, liver and kidney damage |
Capnocyto Faga Kanimolusus infection (outside site) | Dog and cat | Many are asymptomatic | Bites and scratches | In rare cases, sepsis and meningitis |
Corynebacterium ulcerans infectious disease (external site) | Dogs, cats, and others | Sneezing, runny nose, and suppuration of skin | Contact with infected animals, droplets | Symptoms similar to colds, abscess |
Salmonellaosis (outside site) | Dogs, cats, birds, and others | Many are asymptomatic | Pathogens in feces enter the mouth (food, etc.) | Gastroenteritis |
Q fever (outside site) | Dogs, cats, and others | Many are asymptomatic | Inhalation of pathogens in urine, feces, placenta, etc. | Symptoms like flu |
Echinocococcus disease (outside site) | Dogs and others | Many are asymptomatic | Pathogens in feces enter the mouth | Hepatoma, abdominal pain, hepatic dysfunction |
Highly pathogenic avian influenza | Small birds and others | Sudden death, loss of energy, diarrhea | Pathogens in feces enter the mouth | Fever, cough, and pneumonia |
Severe febrile thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) (external site) | Dogs, cats, and others | Fever, loss of appetite | Bitten by ticks carrying the virus | Fever, gastrointestinal symptoms, death of severe illness |
Related links
For more information about zoonotic diseases, please visit the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's website.
Do you know animal-borne infections? (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) (outside site)
Related information
Infectious Disease Epidemiology Center (National Institute of Infectious Diseases) (external site)
Yokohama City Public Health Center website
Yokohama City Infectious Disease Information Center (Yokohama City Sanitation Laboratory))
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For inquiries to this page
Animal Protection Center, Medical Care Bureau
Phone: 045-471-2111
Phone: 045-471-2111
Fax: 045-471-2133
Email address: ir-douai@city.yokohama.jp
Page ID: 607-069-414