| isolation of mycoplasmas from fantail pigeons. | isolation of mycoplasmas from the oropharynxes of 60 fantails reared under natural conditions at different zoological parks in miyazaki prefecture was carried out. mycoplasma columbinum, m. columborale and m. columbinasale were isolated from 28 (46.7%), 22 (36.7%), and 1 (1.7%) of 60 oropharynxes, respectively, but no mycoplasma was isolated from 5 cloacas tested. ureaplasma was not isolated from any of the 28 oropharynxes or 5 cloacas examined. we report that 41 (68.3%) of 60 fantails had one o ... | 1997 | 9234221 |
| prevalence of mycoplasma genitalium among female students in vocational schools in japan. | in japan it was reported that about 9% of sexually active female teenagers had chlamydia trachomatis. most of them were asymptomatic, which may lead to continuing spread of the infection. like c trachomatis, mycoplasma genitalium is a pathogen in male non-gonococcal urethritis. however, few studies of the prevalence of m genitalium in the general population have been reported. the objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of m genitalium infection among younger females and to deter ... | 2008 | 18192291 |
| prevalence of hemoplasma infection among cattle in the western part of japan. | we have examined for hemoplasma infection among cattle in the hiroshima and miyazaki prefectures by using a sensitive real-time pcr, with sybr green i and with melting curve analysis, which allow to distinguish the two bovine hemoplasma species, mycoplasma wenyonii and 'candidatus m. haemobos'. we found 69.4% of 36 cattle in hiroshima and 93.8% of 32 cattle in miyazaki infected with either of these two hemoplasma species. high morbidity in western part of japan may reflect the activity of arthro ... | 2011 | 21799295 |