| dynamics, co-infections and characteristics of zoonotic tick-borne pathogens in hokkaido small mammals, japan. | many of the emerging infectious diseases originate in wildlife and many of them are caused by vector-borne pathogens. in japan, zoonotic tick-borne pathogens (tbps) are frequently detected in both ticks and wildlife. here, we studied the infection rates of potentially zoonotic species, including anaplasma, ehrlichia, neoehrlichia and babesia spp., in hokkaido's most abundant small mammals as they relate to variable extrinsic factors that might affect the infection rates of these pathogens. a tot ... | 2016 | 27166277 |