Detection of rickettsia and ehrlichia SPP. In ticks associated with exotic reptiles and amphibians imported into Japan

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Andoh, Masako ^a,b   Sakata, Akiko ^a   Takano, Ai ^a,c   Kawabata, Hiroki ^a   Fujita, Hiromi ^d   Une, Yumi ^e   Goka, Koichi ^f   Kishimoto, Toshio ^a,g   Ando, Shuji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Mahara Institute of Medical Acarology   (Japan)

^e AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^g Okayama Prefectural Institute for Environmental Science and Public Health   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONIN 60; CITRATE SYNTHASE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; PROTEIN P44; BACTERIAL DNA;

AMBLYOMMA; AMPHIBIA; ANAPLASMA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EHRLICHIA; EXOTIC SPECIES; FEMALE; GHANA; GLTA GENE; GROEL GENE; HYALOMMA; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; JORDAN; MADAGASCAR; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OMP 1 GENE; OMPA GENE; P44 GENE; PANAMA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPTILE; RICKETTSIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SRI LANKA; SUDAN; SURINAME; TANZANIA; TICK; TOGO; UZBEKISTAN; ZAMBIA; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; ARACHNID VECTOR; BACTERIAL GENE; CLASSIFICATION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DISEASE CARRIER; EXOTIC ANIMAL; GENETICS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; QUARANTINE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, EXOTIC; ARACHNID VECTORS; COMMERCE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIA; GENES, BACTERIAL; INTRODUCED SPECIES; JAPAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; QUARANTINE; REPTILES; RICKETTSIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TICKS;

EID: 84942050733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133700     Document Type: Article

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