Detection of ehrlichial DNA in Haemaphysalis ticks recovered from dogs in Japan that is closely related to a novel Ehrlichia sp. found in cattle ticks from Tibet, Thailand, and Africa.
Tick DNA samples from dogs in Japan were examined for Ehrlichia infection by 16S rRNA gene-based PCR and sequencing. Three positive samples were detected from Haemaphysalis ticks, and higher levels of similarity (98.46 to 99.06%) were found to recently detected Ehrlichia spp. from cattle ticks in Tibet, Thailand, and Africa.
Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753-8515, Japan. inokuma@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp
Hisashi
H
Inokuma
Takeshi
T
Beppu
Masaru
M
Okuda
Yojiro
Y
Shimada
Yoshimi
Y
Sakata
D000349:Africa; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle / Q000469:parasitology*; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000469:parasitology; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004285:Dogs / Q000382:microbiology*; D004536:Ehrlichia / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007564:Japan; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012313:RNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013785:Thailand; D018609:Tibet; D013984:Tick Infestations / Q000662:veterinary*; D013987:Ticks / Q000382:microbiology*
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012313:RNA