Publications

detection of avian plasmodium spp. dna sequences from mosquitoes captured in minami daito island of japan.	several species of birds in minami daito island, an oceanic island located in the far south from the main islands of japan, were found to be infected with avian plasmodium. however, no vector species of the avian malaria in this island have been revealed yet. to speculate potential vectors, we collected mosquitoes there and investigated using a pcr procedure whether the mosquitoes harbor avian malaria or not. totally 1,264 mosquitoes including 9 species were collected during march 2006 to februa ...	2008	19057139
host-feeding habits of culex pipiens and aedes albopictus (diptera: culicidae) collected at the urban and suburban residential areas of japan.	to evaluate the vectorial capacity of mosquitoes for viruses in japan, the host-feeding habits of the mosquitoes were analyzed by sequencing polymerase chain reaction-amplified fragments of the cytochrome b and 16s ribosomal rna regions of the mitochondrial dna of 516 mosquitoes of 15 species from seven genera that were collected from residential areas during 2003-2006. culex pipiens l. and aedes albopictus skuse were the most commonly collected species in urban and suburban residential areas. a ...	2010	20496592