First detection of Rickettsia in soft-bodied ticks associated with seabirds, Japan.
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.
Kawabata
Hiroki
H
Department of Bacteriology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjoku-ku, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan. kbata@nih.go.jp
Ando
Shuji
S
Kishimoto
Toshio
T
Kurane
Ichiro
I
Takano
Ai
A
Nogami
Sadao
S
Fujita
Hiromi
H
Tsurumi
Miyako
M
Nakamura
Noboru
N
Sato
Fumio
F
Takahashi
Mamoru
M
Ushijima
Yoko
Y
Fukunaga
Masahito
M
Watanabe
Haruo
H
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*
D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S