title: Survey of Francisella tularensis in Wild Animals in Japan in Areas Where Tularemia is Endemic.
abstract: Samples taken from 428 wild animals and 126 ticks, collected from a tularemia-endemic area in Japan between 2005 and 2013, were analyzed for the presence of Francisella tularensis. F. tularensis was isolated from a Japanese hare carcass whereas the samples from live animals and ticks were negative for F. tularensis by real-time PCR. Our results suggest that F. tularensis is still present in Japan although its prevalence is considerably low even in areas where tularemia is endemic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases.
authors.forename: Akitoyo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hotta
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanabayashi
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: Junji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shindo
authors.forename: Chu-Ho
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Noboru
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kudo
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hatai
authors.forename: Toshifumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oyamada
authors.forename: Yoshie
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Ai
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takano
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawabata
authors.forename: Neekun
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Akihiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Uda
authors.forename: Akio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morikawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D019353:Endemic Diseases; D005604:Francisella tularensis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D060888:Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013987:Ticks; D014406:Tularemia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*