Rickettsiae are obligately intracellular bacteria that are transmitted to vertebrates by a variety
of arthropod vectors, primarily by fleas and ticks. Once transmitted or experimentally …

Background Tick-borne rickettsioses are considered important emerging zoonoses
worldwide, but their etiological agents, rickettsiae, remain poorly characterized in …

DNA from 101 ticks, including Haemaphysalis megaspinosa, Haemaphysalis douglasi,
Haemaphysalis flava, Ixodes ovatus and Ixodes persulcatus, collected by flagging in a …

In order to investigate the diversity of spotted fever group (SFG) Rickettsia infection in hard
ticks, ticks were harvested from the forest areas in Suifenhe city, along the Chinese–Russian …

Partial nucleotide sequences of the citrate synthase and 17-kDa genes of Rickettsia
helvetica were detected from peripheral blood samples of Sika deer (Cervus nippon …

Cats (Felidae) have become an integral part of many households. However, our
understanding of the full spectrum of pathogens affecting cats (referred to as the infectome) …

DNA from 111 ticks collected by flagging in Tokachi district, Eastern Hokkaido, Japan were
examined for infection with Rickettsia and Ehrlichia, by PCR and sequencing methodology …

Ticks are important vectors of zoonotic diseases and play a major role in the circulation and
transmission of many rickettsial species. The aim of this study was to investigate the carriage …

Rickettsial infection in feral raccoons (Procyon lotor) in Hokkaido, Japan was analyzed by
molecular methods. Genus-specific nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis based …

Rickettsial infection of cattle and sika deer from a pastureland in Hidaka District, Hokkaido,
Japan was examined by serological and molecular methods. Serum samples from 8 of 83 …