| immunological properties of borrelia burgdorferi isolated from the ixodes ovatus in shizuoka, japan. | three strains of spirochetes (ika1 to 3) were isolated from the midgut of ixodes ovatus collected in the ikawa region of the northern part of shizuoka, japan. these isolates had eight flagella, and their size and other morphological features were similar to borrelia burgdorferi. they showed similar motility and reacted with monoclonal antibody (mab) h9724 against borrelial flagella and with mab h5332 against the outer surface protein a. these strains showed similar sds-page profiles to that of b ... | 1991 | 1779892 |
| characterization of ehrlichia species from ixodes ovatus ticks at the foot of mt. fuji, japan. | a total of 390 adult ticks (288 ixodes ovatus and 102 i. persulcatus ) collected at the foot of mt. fuji and two near cities in shizuoka prefecture, japan, were examined for ehrlichia infection by isolation with laboratory mice from whole tick tissues. ehrlichial dnas were detected from the spleens of mice inoculated with tissues from i. ovatus, but not i. persulcatus. the prevalence of ehrlichiae in the ticks was estimated to be ca. 3%. the 16s rdna analysis revealed that the sequences of 8 ehr ... | 2004 | 15502406 |