| survey of babesia microti infection in field rodents in japan: records of the kobe-type in new foci and findings of a new type related to the otsu-type. | of 247 rodents comprising 5 genera and 7 species collected at 17 sites throughout japan from 2003 to 2005, babesia microti was detected microscopically and by polymerase chain reaction (pcr) in 36 rodents comprising 2 genera and 3 species from 12 sites. based on the analysis of small subunit ribosomal rna gene (ssurdna) sequences, the kobe-type, the etiological type of the first japanese case of human infection was found in apodemus speciosus and apodemus argenteus in aomori, the northernmost pr ... | 2007 | 17237595 |
| u.s.-type babesia microti isolated from small wild mammals in eastern hokkaido, japan. | our previous report demonstrated that small wild rodents in japan harbored two types of novel babesia microti-like parasites (kobe and hobetsu types), but not the type widely distributed throughout the temperate zones of north american and eurasian continents (u.s. type). in this study, we surveyed small wild mammals collected at various places in the northern part of japan, seeking for u.s.-type b. microti. a total of 197 small mammals comprising 10 species, apodemus speciosus, a. argenteus, cl ... | 2004 | 15353841 |