First detection of Rickettsia in soft-bodied ticks associated with seabirds, Japan

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 403-406

  Kawabata, Hiroki ^a   Ando, Shuji ^a   Kishimoto, Toshio ^a   Kurane, Ichiro ^a   Takano, Ai ^a,b   Nogami, Sadao ^b   Fujita, Hiromi ^c   Tsurumi, Miyako ^d   Nakamura, Noboru ^d   Sato, Fumio ^d   Takahashi, Mamoru ^e   Ushijima, Yoko ^f   Fukunaga, Masahito ^f   Watanabe, Haruo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^d YAMASHINA INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Japan)

^e Kawagoe Sogo Senior High School   (Japan)

^f FUKUYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carios capensis; Carios sawaii; Rickettsia; Seabird

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; JAPAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RICKETTSIA; SEABIRD; TICK;

ACARI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARIOS; CARIOS CAPENSIS; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA;

EID: 33646854885     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2006.tb03807.x     Document Type: Article

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