Molecular detection of tick-borne protozoan parasites in sika deer (Cervus nippon) from western regions of Japan - Masatani, Tatsunori; Hayashi, Kei; Morikawa, Momoko; Ozawa, Makoto; Kojima, Isshu; Okajima, Misuzu; Takano, Ai; Shimoda, Hiroshi; Maeda, Ken; Matsuu, Aya; Yoshida, Ayako (Parasitology international, 2020)
Keywords: Animals; Apicomplexa - isolation & purification; Babesia; blood; Blood - parasitology; Cervus nippon; Deer; detection; DNA; genes; Hepatozoon; infection; Japan; Japan - epidemiology; liver; Liver - parasitology; parasitology; PCR; polymerase chain reaction; Polymerase Chain Reaction - veterinary; Prevalence; Protozoa; Protozoan Infections, Animal - epidemiology; Protozoan Infections, Animal - parasitology; RNA, Protozoan - analysis; RNA, Ribosomal, 18S - analysis; sampling; screening; sequence analysis; Siberia; Sika deer (Cervus nippon); Theileria; Tick-Borne Diseases - blood; Tick-Borne Diseases - epidemiology; Tick-Borne Diseases - veterinary; ticks; wildlife; Japan; Theileria; Japan; PCR; Sika deer (Cervus nippon); Babesia