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| MATSUMOTO, Kotaro; TAKEUCHI, Toshihiko; YOKOYAMA, Naoaki; KATAGIRI, Yoshito; OOSHIRO, Mamoru; ZAKIMI, Satoshi; Gaowa; KAWAMORI, Fumihiko; OHASHI, Norio; INOKUMA, Hisashi. |
| We collected a total of 206 Haemaphysalis longicornis ticks by flagging in pastures in Yonaguni Island, Okinawa, Japan, in April 2008. Four of the 206 tick DNA samples tested were positive in a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) screening for the 16SrRNA gene of Anaplasmataceae. Partial sequences of 4 PCR products were identical to each other. Longer sequences of the 16SrRNA gene were successfully determined in 2 of the 4 tick samples, and the obtained 1,392 bp and 1,300 bp sequences revealed high similarity to the 16SrRNA gene sequences of the validated Ehrlichia species, including Ehrlichia ewingii, E. chaffeensis, and E. canis (98.3–98.6%). We also sequenced 1,304 bp of the groEL gene from the 2 tick samples, and found that these had the highest similarity... |
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Palavras-chave: 16SrRNA; Ehrlichia; GroEL; Haemaphysalis longicornis. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/3581 |
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