title: Rickettsial diseases and ectoparasites from military bases in Japan.
abstract: Ectoparasitic arthropods are often vectors of rickettsiosis. We conducted a survey of ectoparasites on U.S. military facilities throughout Japan with the use of specimens submitted by pest control, public health, and veterinary personnel. Over 1,600 individual ectoparasites were collected. Fifteen species were identified, including several significant vectors of human diseases such as scrub typhus and rickettsial spotted fevers. These ectoparasites included Ctenocephalides felis , Haemaphysalis longicornis, Ixodes persulcatus , Leptotrombidium fuji, Leptotrombidium pallidum, and Rhipicephalus sanguineus . Rickettsial agents were detected by PCR and DNA sequencing. These included Bartonella henselae , Bartonella japonica, a novel Bartonella, Coxiella burnetii , an unnamed Coxiella, Ehrlichia canis , Orientia tsutsugamushi , Rickettsia typhi , and "Rickettsia Rf2125"/"Rickettsia cf1and5".
authors.affiliation: U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine/PHR, 2510 5th Street, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base 45433.
authors.forename: Will K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Reeves
authors.forename: Lance A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Durden
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iwakami
authors.forename: Kent J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Vince
authors.forename: Robert R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Paul
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001473:Bartonella / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003381:Coxiella / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004478:Ectoparasitic Infestations / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004536:Ehrlichia / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D058749:Military Facilities; D012285:Orientia tsutsugamushi / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012288:Rickettsiaceae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial