Detection of Anaplasma bovis and Anaplasma phagocytophilum from cattle on Yonaguni Island, Okinawa, Japan

Mamoru Ooshiro; Satoshi Zakimi; Yoshimasa Matsukawa; Yoshito Katagiri; Hisashi Inokuma

doi:10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.03.028

Detection of Anaplasma bovis and Anaplasma phagocytophilum from cattle on Yonaguni Island, Okinawa, Japan

Vet Parasitol. 2008 Jul 4;154(3-4):360-4. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.03.028. Epub 2008 Apr 7.

Authors

Mamoru Ooshiro¹, Satoshi Zakimi, Yoshimasa Matsukawa, Yoshito Katagiri, Hisashi Inokuma

Affiliation

¹ Okinawa Prefectural Institute of Animal Health, Naha, Okinawa 900-0024, Japan.

PMID: 18468796
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.03.028

Abstract

DNA fragments of Anaplasma bovis and Anaplasma phagocytophilum were detected in cattle on Yonaguni Island, Okinawa, Japan. Although the pathogenesis and epidemiology of these pathogens have not yet been clarified, this is the first detection of their presence in cattle from Japan.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Anaplasma / classification
Anaplasma / genetics
Anaplasma / isolation & purification*
Anaplasmosis / epidemiology
Anaplasmosis / parasitology*
Animals
Cattle
Cattle Diseases / epidemiology
Cattle Diseases / parasitology*
DNA, Bacterial
Japan / epidemiology
Phylogeny
Species Specificity

Substances

DNA, Bacterial