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Genetic diversity of Theileria orientalis in tick vectors detected in Hokkaido and Okinawa, Japan.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Dec 2012
Yokoyama Naoaki, Sivakumar Thillaiampalam, Ota Naomi, Igarashi Ikuo, Nakamura Yukio, Yamashina Hidenari, Matsui Shirou, Fukumoto Natsuko, Hata Hiroshi, Kondo Seiji, Oshiro Mamoru, Zakimi Satoshi, Kuroda Yasuhiro, Kojima Naoya, Matsumoto Kotaro, Inokuma Hisashi
Abstract excerpt
In the present study, we investigated the possible tick vectors that can transmit Theileria orientalis in eastern Hokkaido, Japan. Questing ticks collected from three different districts, Taiki, Otofuke, and Shin-Hidaka, of Hokkaido included Ixodes persulcatus, Haemaphysalis megaspinosa, Haemaphysalis douglasi, and Ixodes ovatus, while all the ticks collected from Yonaguni island of Okinawa were identified as...
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