Rickettsial diseases and ectoparasites from military bases in Japan
| Autor: | Masahiro Iwakami, Kent J. Vince, Will K. Reeves, Lance A. Durden, Robert R. Paul |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Bartonella
DNA Bacterial Orientia tsutsugamushi Ehrlichia Rickettsiaceae Infections Scrub typhus Ectoparasitic Infestations Ixodes persulcatus Polymerase Chain Reaction Microbiology Coxiella Japan Rickettsia typhi Military Facilities medicine Animals Humans Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics biology Coxiella burnetii biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Virology United States Rickettsiosis Parasitology Bartonella japonica |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of parasitology. 101(2) |
| ISSN: | 1937-2345 |
| Popis: | Ectoparasitic arthropods are often vectors of rickettsiosis. We conducted a survey of ectoparasites on U.S. military facilities throughout Japan with the use of specimens submitted by pest control, public health, and veterinary personnel. Over 1,600 individual ectoparasites were collected. Fifteen species were identified, including several significant vectors of human diseases such as scrub typhus and rickettsial spotted fevers. These ectoparasites included Ctenocephalides felis, Haemaphysalis longicornis, Ixodes persulcatus, Leptotrombidium fuji, Leptotrombidium pallidum, and Rhipicephalus sanguineus. Rickettsial agents were detected by PCR and DNA sequencing. These included Bartonella henselae, Bartonella japonica, a novel Bartonella, Coxiella burnetii, an unnamed Coxiella, Ehrlichia canis, Orientia tsutsugamushi, Rickettsia typhi, and “Rickettsia Rf2125”/“Rickettsia cf1and5”. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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