Publications

avian haemosporidian parasites infection in wild birds inhabiting minami-daito island of the northwest pacific, japan.	haemosporidian parasites infection among wild birds inhabiting minami-daito island was studied. blood films from 183 birds representing 4 species of 4 families were examined microscopically. avian haemosporidian parasites were detected in 3 species with an overall prevalence of 59.6%. none of the 30 daito scops owls (otus scops interpositus) examined were infected. either haemoproteus sp. or plasmodium sp. infection was found in 14 of 31 (45.2%) borodino islands white-eyes (zosterops japonicus d ...	2008	18525175
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