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First detection of Rickettsia in soft-bodied ticks associated with seabirds, Japan |
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| Authors: | Kawabata Hiroki Ando Shuji Kishimoto Toshio Kurane Ichiro Takano Ai Nogami Sadao Fujita Hiromi Tsurumi Miyako Nakamura Noboru Sato Fumio Takahashi Mamoru Ushijima Yoko Fukunaga Masahito Watanabe Haruo |
| Institution: | Department of Bacteriology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjoku-ku, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan. kbata@nih.go.jp |
| Abstract: | Rickettsia was first detected in seabird soft-bodied ticks, Carios capensis and C. sawaii in Japan. According to sequence analysis, Rickettsia in Japan was identical to Rickettsia scc31 in C. capensis in the U.S.A. This suggested that an environmental circulation had consisted among microorganisms, ticks and long distance migratory seabirds around the Pacific Ocean. |
| Keywords: | rickettsia carios capensis carios sawaii seabird |
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