title: First detection of Rickettsia in soft-bodied ticks associated with seabirds, Japan.
abstract: Rickettsia was first detected in seabird soft-bodied ticks, Carios capensis and C. sawaii in Japan. According to sequence analysis, Rickettsia in Japan was identical to Rickettsia scc31 in C. capensis in the U.S.A. This suggested that an environmental circulation had consisted among microorganisms, ticks and long distance migratory seabirds around the Pacific Ocean.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bacteriology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjoku-ku, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan. kbata@nih.go.jp
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawabata
authors.forename: Shuji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ando
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kishimoto
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kurane
authors.forename: Ai
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takano
authors.forename: Sadao
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nogami
authors.forename: Hiromi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: Miyako
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsurumi
authors.forename: Noboru
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Fumio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Mamoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Yoko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ushijima
authors.forename: Masahito
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fukunaga
authors.forename: Haruo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013987:Ticks / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S