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Tick surveillance for Borrelia miyamotoi and phylogenetic analysis of isolates in Mongolia and Japan.
Ticks and tick-borne diseases - 1 Oct 2017
Iwabu-Itoh Yukie, Bazartseren Boldbaatar, Naranbaatar Oyunnomin, Yondonjamts Enkhmandakh, Furuno Kiwa, Lee Kyunglee, Sato Kozue, Kawabata Hiroki, Takada Nobuhiro, Andoh Masako, Kajita Hiroko, Oikawa Yosaburo, Nakao Minoru, Ohnishi Makoto, Watarai Masahisa, Shimoda Hiroshi, Maeda Ken, Takano Ai
Abstract excerpt
Borrelia miyamotoi, recently recognized as a human pathogenic spirochete, was isolated from Ixodes persulcatus and I. ovatus in northern Mongolia and Honshu Island, a major island in Japan. Although no human B. miyamotoi infections have been reported in Mongolia, the prevalence of B. miyamotoi in ticks from Mongolia is higher than that in ticks from Hokkaido, Japan, where human cases have been reported. Moreover,...
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