title: Detection of Anaplasma bovis and Anaplasma phagocytophilum from cattle on Yonaguni Island, Okinawa, Japan.
abstract: DNA fragments of Anaplasma bovis and Anaplasma phagocytophilum were detected in cattle on Yonaguni Island, Okinawa, Japan. Although the pathogenesis and epidemiology of these pathogens have not yet been clarified, this is the first detection of their presence in cattle from Japan.
authors.affiliation: Okinawa Prefectural Institute of Animal Health, Naha, Okinawa 900-0024, Japan.
authors.forename: Mamoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ooshiro
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zakimi
authors.forename: Yoshimasa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsukawa
authors.forename: Yoshito
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Katagiri
authors.forename: Hisashi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Inokuma
mesh_terms: D000709:Anaplasma / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000712:Anaplasmosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial