Publications

[toxoplasmosis in japan. comparative study of different regions].	specificities of japan by geography, culture, and low incidence for toxoplasmosis were examined in this epidemiological study. 1 731 human sera were examined by several immunological tests but these results are related with agglutination-latex test. the sera came from north (hokkaido), middle (tokyo area) and south (okinawa). the ratio for the whole japan towards toxoplasmosis is 24.7% but the increase of antibodies with age is late: rate of positivity 4.6% up to 17 years old and nearly 30% afte ...	1985	3836767
two new nematodes from the iriomote cat, prionailurus iriomotensis, from okinawa: uncinaria (uncinaria) maya n. sp. (ancylostomatoidea) and molineus springsmithi yayeyamanus n. subsp. (trichostrongyloidea).	uncinaria (uncinaria) maya n. sp. (nematoda: ancylostomatidae) and molineus springsmithi yayeyamanus n. subsp. (nematoda: molineidae) are described from the iriomote cat, prionailurus iriomotensis, on iriomote island, okinawa, japan. uncinaria (u.) maya resembles uncinaria (uncinaria) felidis maplestone, 1939, from prionailurus bengalensis of india but is distinguished in that the body is much smaller, the ventral rays are set closely with the lateral rays, and the externolateral ray is much sho ...	1989	2614598
serological survey of the iriomote cat (felis iriomotensis) in japan.	the iriomote cat (felis iriomotensis) was first discovered on iriomote island in the yaeyama islands of japan in 1965. ten male and 11 female adult cats were captured during the 6 yr period from 1983 to 1988. these were examined for evidence of viral and mycoplasmal infections. neither mycoplasma sp. nor ureaplasma sp. were detected in swab samples of oropharyngeal and urogenital regions. a foamy virus was isolated from the oropharyngeal swab of a female cat examined in 1988. feline leukemia vir ...	1990	2110982
[evaluation of the sensitized condition of patients with allergic diseases in okinawa using the mast allergy system].	we determined, using the mast system, specific ige antibodies to allergens in the circulating blood of 127 patients with bronchial asthma, allergic rhinitis and atopic dermatitis in okinawa. the positive rates to inhalant allergens in all patients examined by the mast system were as follows: dermatophagoides farinae 65%, house dust 58%, cat epithelium 17% and japanese cedar 9%. in addition, the positive rates to food allergens found in all patients were as follows: wheat 16%, shrimp 14%, egg whi ...	1992	1444829
prevalence of bartonella henselae, bartonella clarridgeiae and the 16s rrna gene types of bartonella henselae among pet cats in japan.	the authors investigated bacteriologically the prevalence of bartonella infection among 690 pet cats derived from 10 private animal hospitals in six cities (sapporo, hokkaido prefecture; sendai, miyagi prefecture; joetsu, niigata prefecture; fujisawa, kanagawa prefecutre; kyoto, kyoto prefecture; sanda, hyogo prefecutre) and 4 counties (mishima, osaka prefecture; hikawa, shimane prefecture; aira, kagoshima prefecture; shimajiri, okinawa prefecture) located from the north to the south of japan. b ...	2000	10770599
seroprevalence of bartonella henselae, toxoplasma gondii, fiv and felv infections in domestic cats in japan.	seroprevalence of bartonella henselae, toxoplasma gondii, feline immunodeficiency virus (fiv) and feline leukemia virus (felv) infections was investigated in 1,447 domestic cats derived from the north (hokkaido) to the south (okinawa) prefectures in japan. of the cats investigated, 8.8% (128/1,447) were seropositive to b. henselae, 5.4% (78/1,447) to t. gondii, 9.8% (107/1,088) to fiv, and 2.9% (32/1,088) to felv, respectively. for b. henselae infection, the positive rate varied from 11.5% in ca ...	2003	12680718
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
detection of borrelia garinii, borrelia tanukii and borrelia sp. closely related to borrelia valaisiana in ixodes ticks removed from dogs and cats in japan.	ticks removed from 1136 dogs and 134 cats all over japan were examined for borrelia infection by pcr and sequencing. the 5s-23s rdna intergenic spacer of borrelia was detected from two ixodes persulcatus ticks from two dogs and two unidentified ixodes spp. from another two dogs in hokkaido, and two ixodes granulatus ticks from two cats in okinawa. additional 2 i. granulatus from the same cats also showed positive. sequence analysis of the pcr products revealed that the one from hokkaido was simi ...	2007	17049744