title: Phylogenetic analysis of Theileria sp. from sika deer, Cervus nippon, in Japan.
abstract: The 18S rRNA genes of Theileria species detected in sika deer, Cervus nippon centralis in Yamaguchi and Cervus nippon yesoensis in Hokkaido, were analyzed. The percent identities of the nucleotide sequences of Theileria from Cervus nippon centralis and Cervus nippon yesoensis were more than 99%. The percent identities of the Theileria sp. from sika deer and Theileria sergenti, Theileria buffeli and Theileria cervi were 97, 96 and 95%, respectively. Phylogenetic analysis of the gene sequences also revealed that Theileria sp. detected from sika deer comprise a clade that is clearly distinct from the clade comprised of Theileria from cattle.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan. inokuma@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hisashi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Inokuma
authors.forename: Masayoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsuji
authors.forename: Sam-Ju
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Takako
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujimoto
authors.forename: Miwa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nagata
authors.forename: Eiji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hosoi
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arai
authors.forename: Chiaki
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ishihara
authors.forename: Masaru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okuda
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D003670:Deer / Q000469:parasitology*; D007564:Japan; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D016794:Theileria / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013801:Theileriasis / Q000469:parasitology*
chemical_list: D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S