High Incidence of Rickettsiosis Correlated to Prevalence of Rickettsia japonica among Haemaphysalis longicornis Tick

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Satoru ARAI⁶  Hiromi FUJITA³  Takashi KATAYAMA²  Hiroki KAWABATA⁴  Nobuhiro TAKADA⁷  Takeo YAMAUCHI¹  Asao ITAGAKI⁵  Kenji TABARA⁵ 

[1] Toyama Institute of Health;Kanagawa Prefectural Institute of Public Health;Ohara General Hospital;Department of Bacteriology-I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases;Shimane Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Science;Infection Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases;University of Fukui

关键词: ixodid ticks;    Japanese deer;    Japanese spotted fever;    Rickettsia japonica;    Shimane Peninsula;   

DOI  :  10.1292/jvms.10-0369

学科分类：兽医学

来源: Japanese Society of Veterinary Science

【 摘 要 】

References(13)Cited-By(6)Endemic spotted fever group rickettsiosis was reported in Shimane Prefecture, Japan. From an analysis of 14 clinical cases found in the endemic area, the infectious agent of spotted fever group rickettsiosis was identified as Rickettsia japonica. In this study, we also found that Rickettsia japonica was highly infected with the vector tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis, in the endemic area. These findings suggest that the high incidence of rickettsiosis in Shimane Prefecture can be explained by the high prevalence of Rickettsia japonica among Haemaphysalis longicornis ticks.

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