| ixodid tick species recovered from domestic dogs in japan. | the species of ixodid ticks (acari: ixodidae) recovered from domestic dogs in japan between september to november 2000 and april to june 2001 were identified. a total of 4122 ticks, including 1624 larvae, 1200 nymphs, 1016 females and 282 males were removed from 1221 dogs during these periods. haemaphysalis longicornis (neumann) was the most frequently found (40.3% of dogs), followed by h. flava (neumann) (16.1% of dogs), rhipicephalus sanguineus (latreille) (4.8% of dogs) and ixodes ovatus (neu ... | 2003 | 12680923 |
| detection of the new ehrlichia species closely related to ehrlichia ewingii from haemaphysalis longicornis in yonaguni island, okinawa, japan. | we collected a total of 206 haemaphysalis longicornis ticks by flagging in pastures in yonaguni island, okinawa, japan, in april 2008. four of the 206 tick dna samples tested were positive in a polymerase chain reaction (pcr) screening for the 16srrna gene of anaplasmataceae. partial sequences of 4 pcr products were identical to each other. longer sequences of the 16srrna gene were successfully determined in 2 of the 4 tick samples, and the obtained 1,392 and 1,300 bp sequences revealed high sim ... | 2011 | 21712642 |