Detection of Anaplasma bovis and Anaplasma phagocytophilum from cattle on Yonaguni Island, Okinawa, Japan.
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.
Ooshiro
Mamoru
M
Okinawa Prefectural Institute of Animal Health, Naha, Okinawa 900-0024, Japan.
Zakimi
Satoshi
S
Matsukawa
Yoshimasa
Y
Katagiri
Yoshito
Y
Inokuma
Hisashi
H
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
D004269:DNA, Bacterial