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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2004, p. 2268-2270, Vol. 42, No. 5
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.5.2268-2270.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Survey of Rodents and Ticks in Human Babesiosis Emergence Area in Japan: First Detection of Babesia microti-Like Parasites in Ixodes ovatus

Atsuko Saito-Ito,1* Yasuhiro Yano,2 Anchalee Dantrakool,1 Tetsuo Hashimoto,3 and Nobuhiro Takada2

Section of Parasitology, Department of Genome Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe 650-0017,1 Department of Pathological Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Matsuoka, Fukui 910-1193,2 Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305-8572, Japan3

Received 3 December 2003/ Returned for modification 14 January 2004/ Accepted 31 January 2004

Babesia microti-like parasites were detected for the first time in Ixodes ovatus in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, where two reported types of B. microti-like parasites were recognized in many rodents. Of 80 adult I. ovatus ticks collected, 5 possessed the reported type and 1 possessed a new type of B. microti-like parasite.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Section of Parasitology, Department of Genome Sciences, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0017, Japan. Phone: 81-78-382-5561. Fax: 81-78-382-5579. E-mail: atsuko{at}med.kobe-u.ac.jp.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2004, p. 2268-2270, Vol. 42, No. 5
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.5.2268-2270.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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