Inokuma H, Raoult D, Brouqui P
Laboratory of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan.
J Clin Microbiol. 2000 Nov;38(11):4219-21. doi: 10.1128/JCM.38.11.4219-4221.2000.
Thirty-two Rhipicephalus sanguineus females collected from eight free-roaming dogs in Okinawa Island, Japan, were examined for ehrlichial DNA by 16S rRNA-based PCR and subsequent sequencing. Partial sequences of Ehrlichia platys 16S rRNA (678 to 679 bp) were detected in three ticks (9.4%) from two dogs. This is the first report of detection of E. platys in Japan, and also the first report of detection in ticks.
从日本冲绳岛8只自由放养犬身上采集的32只血红扇头蜱雌性蜱虫,通过基于16S rRNA的PCR及后续测序检测埃立克体DNA。在来自两只犬的3只蜱虫(9.4%)中检测到了血小板埃立克体16S rRNA的部分序列(678至679 bp)。这是日本首次检测到血小板埃立克体的报告,也是在蜱虫中检测到该病原体的首次报告。