Detection of rickettsial DNA in ixodid ticks recovered from dogs and cats in Japan

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1217-1222

  Hiraoka, Hiroko ^a   Shimada, Yojiro ^b   Sakata, Yoshimi ^c   Watanabe, Malaika ^a   Itamoto, Kazuhito ^a   Okuda, Masaru ^a   Inokuma, Hisashi ^d  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ZENYAKU KOGYO CO LTD   (Japan)

^c BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^d OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Canine; Epidemiology; Feline; Rickettsia; Tick

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE; DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; GENETICS; JAPAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; TICK;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATS; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA; DOGS; IXODIDAE; JAPAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ACARI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIDAE; HAEMAPHYSALIS; IXODES; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AKARI; RICKETTSIA CANADENSIS; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIA JAPONICA; RICKETTSIA TARASEVICHIAE;

EID: 30344475872     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.67.1217     Document Type: Article

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