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| YBAÑEZ, Adrian Patalinghug; MATSUMOTO, Kotaro; KISHIMOTO, Toshio; YOKOYAMA, Naoaki; INOKUMA, Hisashi; 松本, 高太郎; 横山, 直明; 猪熊, 壽. |
| Anaplasma phagocytophilum causes human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA) and tick-borne fever in ruminants. A closely related and potentially novel Anaplasma sp. in Japan was recently characterized. The aims of the study were to provide molecular evidence for the presence of these 2 species in Japan, and to develop a reliable PCR method based on the nucleotide differences within the citrate synthase (gltA) gene. DNA samples from 182 ixodid ticks (134 Ixodes persulcatus, 35 Haemaphysalis douglasii and 13 I. ovatus) collected from 2 sites in Hokkaido, Japan, were screened for A. phagocytophilum and its closely related Anaplasma sp. (herein designated as Anaplasma sp. Japan) using 16S rRNA PCR, revealing a combined prevalence rate of 27.5% (50 samples). The... |
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Palavras-chave: 16S rRNA; Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Anaplasma sp.; GltA; GroEL. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/3839 |
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