First Record of Avian Plasmodium DNA from Mosquitoes Collected in the Yaeyama Archipelago, Southwestern Border of Japan

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Ichiro MIYAGI³  Takako TOMA³  Hiroko EJIRI⁴  Koichi MURATA¹  Yoshio TSUDA²  Masayoshi YUKAWA⁴  Yukita SATO⁴  Mikako TAMASHIRO³  Kyeong-Soon KIM² 

[1] Laboratory of Wildlife Science, Department of Animal Resource Sciences, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University;Department of Medical Entomology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases;Laboratory of Medical Entomology, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus;Laboratory of Biomedical Science, Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University

关键词: Avian Plasmodium;    Culex (Culiciomyia) nigropunctatus;    Japan;    mosquito;    Yaeyama Archipelago;   

DOI  :  10.1292/jvms.11-0190

学科分类：兽医学

来源: Japanese Society of Veterinary Science

【 摘 要 】

References(25)Cited-By(2)We studied the prevalence of avian Plasmodium in 509 mosquitoes of 9 species collected from the Ishigaki and Iriomote islands in the Yaeyama Archipelago, located southwest from the mainland of Japan. Two identical avian Plasmodium lineages were detected from Culex (Culiciomyia) nigropunctatus. Detected lineages were phylogenetically classified into different clade to avian Plasmodium lineages from birds and mosquitoes in the mainland of Japan but identical to a lineage detected from a resident bird, White-breasted Waterken (Amaurornis phoenicurus). This is the first detection of avian Plasmodium DNA from mosquitoes in the Yaeyama Archipelago and suggested that resident birds might have been infected with an avian Plasmodium lineage specific to the studied area and C. nigropunctatus could be the candidate vector mosquito species.

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