Anaplasma phagocytophilum-infected ticks, Japan

Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Nov;11(11):1780-3. doi: 10.3201/eid1111.050407.

Abstract

We report Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection of Ixodes persulcatus and I. ovatus ticks in Japan. Unique p44/msp2 paralogs (and/or 16S rRNA genes) were detected in tick tissues, salivary glands, and spleens of experimentally infected mice. These findings indicate the public health threat of anaplasmosis in Japan.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anaplasma phagocytophilum / classification
  • Anaplasma phagocytophilum / genetics
  • Anaplasma phagocytophilum / isolation & purification*
  • Anaplasma phagocytophilum / pathogenicity
  • Animals
  • Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / genetics
  • Cyclophosphamide / pharmacology
  • DNA, Bacterial / analysis
  • DNA, Bacterial / isolation & purification
  • Ehrlichiosis / microbiology
  • Ehrlichiosis / physiopathology
  • Female
  • Immunocompromised Host
  • Ixodes / classification
  • Ixodes / microbiology*
  • Japan
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phylogeny
  • Salivary Glands / microbiology
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

  • Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • msp2 protein, Anaplasma phagocytophilum
  • p44 protein, Anaplasma phagocytophila
  • Cyclophosphamide

Associated data

  • GENBANK/AY969010
  • GENBANK/AY969011
  • GENBANK/AY969012
  • GENBANK/AY969013
  • GENBANK/AY969014
  • GENBANK/AY969015