Molecular detection of apicomplexan protozoa in Hokkaido brown bears (Ursus arctos yesoensis) and Japanese black bears (Ursus thibetanus japonicus)

• Published in: Parasitology research (1987) Vol. 119; no. 11; pp. 3739 - 3753
• Main Authors: Moustafa, Mohamed Abdallah Mohamed, Sasaki, Ayaka, Shimozuru, Michito, Nakao, Ryo, Sashika, Mariko, Yamazaki, Koji, Koike, Shinsuke, Tanaka, Junpei, Tamatani, Hiroo, Yamanaka, Masami, Ishinazaka, Tsuyoshi, Tsubota, Toshio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.11.2020; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: adults; Animal behavior; Animals; Animals, Wild - parasitology; Apicomplexa - classification; Apicomplexa - genetics; Apicomplexa - isolation & purification; Babesia; Babesia microti; Bears; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; blood; Cytauxzoon; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; DNA, Protozoan - genetics; Domestic animals; Hepatozoon; Hybridization; Immunology; Japan; Japan - epidemiology; Medical Microbiology; Microbiology; parasitology; Pathogens; Prevalence; Protozoa; Protozoan Infections, Animal - epidemiology; Protozoan Infections, Animal - parasitology; Protozoan Infections, Animal - transmission; Protozoology - Original Paper; Tick-Borne Diseases - epidemiology; Tick-Borne Diseases - parasitology; Tick-Borne Diseases - transmission; Ticks - parasitology; Ursidae - parasitology; Ursus arctos; Ursus arctos yesoensis; Ursus thibetanus; Ursus thibetanus japonicus; Wildlife; Japan; Apicomplexan protozoa; RLB; Cytauxzoon; Bears; Babesia microti

Many tick-borne pathogens (TBPs) are present in wildlife. The objective of this study is to reveal the role of wild bears in maintaining TBPs. A total of 49 brown bears ( Ursus arctos yesoensis ) from Hokkaido, and 18 Japanese black bears ( Ursus thibetanus japonicus ) from Tochigi, and 66 Japanese...