Publications

seroprevalence of antibodies against spotted fever group rickettsia among dogs and humans in okinawa, japan.	we evaluated serum antibodies against rickettsia japonica in 517 dogs (430 stray dogs and 87 pet dogs) and 164 humans in okinawa, japan, by indirect immunofluorescence assay. the seropositive rate in stray dogs was significantly higher than that in pet dogs (30.7 versus 4.6%, p<0.01). this high prevalence rate is attributed to the understandably frequent environmental exposure of stray dogs to tick infestation. human samples obtained from okinawa and sapporo also showed a significant difference ...	2001	11270611
detection of rickettsial dna in ixodid ticks recovered from dogs and cats in japan.	dna from ticks recovered from 1137 dogs and 133 cats from all over japan were examined for rickettsia infection by citrate synthase gene (glta)-based pcr and partial nucleotide sequencing. a total of 91 dog tick samples and 18 cat tick samples showed a single band of the appropriate size in the nested pcr. sequence analysis was successfully performed on 102 samples. dna of rickettsia japonica or closely related rickettsia spp. strains were detected from 38 ticks in 16 prefectures mainly in weste ...	2005	16397379