Publications

human babesiosis in japan: epizootiologic survey of rodent reservoir and isolation of new type of babesia microti-like parasite.	we have carried out epizootiologic surveys at various sites in japan to investigate wild animals that serve as reservoirs for the agents of human babesiosis in the country. small mammals comprising six species, apodemus speciosus, apodemus argenteus, clethrionomys rufocanus, eothenomys smithii, crocidura dsinezumi, and sorex unguiculatus, were trapped at various places, including hokkaido, chiba, shiga, hyogo, shimane, and tokushima prefectures. animals harboring babesia microti-like parasites w ...	2001	11724838
survey of rodents and ticks in human babesiosis emergence area in japan: first detection of babesia microti-like parasites in ixodes ovatus.	babesia microti-like parasites were detected for the first time in ixodes ovatus in hyogo prefecture, japan, where two reported types of b. microti-like parasites were recognized in many rodents. of 80 adult i. ovatus ticks collected, 5 possessed the reported type and 1 possessed a new type of b. microti-like parasite.	2004	15131209
molecular survey of babesia microti, ehrlichia species and candidatus neoehrlichia mikurensis in wild rodents from shimane prefecture, japan.	a significant number of patients are diagnosed with "fevers of unknown origin" (fuo) in shimane prefecture in japan where tick-borne diseases are endemic. we conducted molecular surveys for babesia microti, ehrlichia species, and candidatus neoehrlichia mikurensis in 62 fuo cases and 62 wild rodents from shimane prefecture, japan. pcr using primers specific for the babesia 18s small-subunit rrna (rdna) gene and anaplasmataceae groesl amplified products from 45% (28/62) and 25.8% (16/62) of captu ...	2007	17446675