Survey of Francisella tularensis in Wild Animals in Japan in Areas Where Tularemia is Endemic

Samples taken from 428 wild animals and 126 ticks, collected from a tularemia-endemic area in Japan between 2005 and 2013, were analyzed for the presence of Francisella tularensis. F. tularensis was isolated from a Japanese hare carcass whereas the samples from live animals and ticks were negative f...

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Published inJapanese Journal of Infectious Diseases Vol. 69; no. 5; pp. 431 - 434
Main Authors Hotta, Akitoyo, Tanabayashi, Kiyoshi, Fujita, Osamu, Shindo, Junji, Park, Chu-Ho, Kudo, Noboru, Hatai, Hitoshi, Oyamada, Toshifumi, Yamamoto, Yoshie, Takano, Ai, Kawabata, Hiroki, Sharma, Neekun, Uda, Akihiko, Yamada, Akio, Morikawa, Shigeru
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Japan National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases Editorial Committee 2016
Subjects
Animals
Animals, Wild
Endemic Diseases
Francisella tularensis
Francisella tularensis - isolation & purification
Japan - epidemiology
Prevalence
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
Ticks
tularemia
Tularemia - epidemiology
Tularemia - veterinary
wild animals
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Summary:Samples taken from 428 wild animals and 126 ticks, collected from a tularemia-endemic area in Japan between 2005 and 2013, were analyzed for the presence of Francisella tularensis. F. tularensis was isolated from a Japanese hare carcass whereas the samples from live animals and ticks were negative for F. tularensis by real-time PCR. Our results suggest that F. tularensis is still present in Japan although its prevalence is considerably low even in areas where tularemia is endemic.
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ISSN:1344-6304
1884-2836
DOI:10.7883/yoken.JJID.2015.351