Survey of Francisella tularensis in Wild Animals in Japan in Areas Where Tularemia is Endemic

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Akio Yamada¹  Akitoyo Hotta³  Hiroki Kawabata⁵  Noboru Kudo⁴  Neekun Sharma³  Hitoshi Hatai⁷  Yoshie Yamamoto³  Toshifumi Oyamada⁷  Kiyoshi Tanabayashi³  Akihiko Uda³  Junji Shindo⁶  Chu-Ho Park⁷  Osamu Fujita³  Shigeru Morikawa³  Ai Takano² 

[1] Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo;Laboratory of Epidemiology, Joint-faculty of veterinary medicine, Yamaguchi University;Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases;Department of Parasitology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University;Department of Bacteriology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases;Department of Wildlife Science, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University;Department of Veterinary Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University

关键词: Francisella tularensis;    tularemia;    wild animals;   

DOI  :  10.7883/yoken.JJID.2015.351

学科分类：传染病学

来源: National Institute of Infectious Diseases

【 摘 要 】

References(26)Cited-By(1)Samples taken from 428 wild animals and 126 ticks, collected from a tularemia-endemic area in Japan between 2005 and 2013, were analyzed for the presence of Francisella tularensis. F. tularensis was isolated from a Japanese hare carcass whereas the samples from live animals and ticks were negative for F. tularensis by real-time PCR. Our results suggest that F. tularensis is still present in Japan although its prevalence is considerably low even in areas where tularemia is endemic.

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